The latest creation of melting animals is meant to remind people of the hardship our planet’s environment is going through. Realistic sculptures of animals melting into the ground due to global warming are the product of Takeshi Kawano, a Japanese artist who created the pieces to ignite the thoughts and the opinions of people worldwide. The art collection currently only consists of three animals: a polar bear, deer and penguin. But certainly those aren’t the only ones affected. Will they have any benefit other then sparking conversation and drawing attention to the issue? Who knows, but the attention to detail and hyper-reality of the sculptures are impressive.

See Takeshi Kawano’s other two endangered animals (deer & penguin) after the Jump…