{"id":2718,"date":"2011-09-26T23:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2011-09-26T23:03:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T23:03:31","slug":"smurf-imagined-in-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/?p=2718","title":{"rendered":"Smurf imagined in real life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Nate Hallinan<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Smurf is actually the result of a symbiotic relationship between two organisms. We believe that Smurfs put their &#8217;embryos&#8217; in the button of a developing mushroom. From a distance, Smurfs seem like they are wearing a hat and pants but as you can see this is a fallacy. The fungus provides camouflage and protective epidermal layers for the creature, while the creature provides nutrients and mobility for the spreading of spores.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Smurfs are believed to be a hunter gatherer society. As you can see, this little guy is returning from a successful venture. It is generally difficult to spot a Smurf; they are very apprehensive and cunning. Sadly though, it is rumored that they are hunted for their medicinal properties. It&#8217;s hard to determine but it is thought that there are not many colonies of Smurf left.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/smurf-large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2583\" title=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/smurf-large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on image to view it large<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Nate Hallinan &#8220;The Smurf is actually the result of a symbiotic relationship between two organisms. We believe that Smurfs put their &#8217;embryos&#8217; in the button of a developing mushroom. From a distance, Smurfs seem like they are wearing a hat and pants but as you can see this is a fallacy. The fungus provides [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[72],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2718"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2725,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2718\/revisions\/2725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edwinkua.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}