Pamela Z does this great piece where she took the recorded song of a bird and slowed it way way way down. She found lots of notes trilling and waggling around once everything was slowed way way way down. She recorded herself singing this long-tone version of the bird song and sped it way way way up. And, sure enough, she’s a bird. Here are some other virtual and constructed animals of varying degrees of absurdity and military funding.

News report on a Bear in Cleveland

St. Louis Zoo Replaces Dead Polar Bears with Electronic Proxies

Big Dog Robot

Robot Fish