Careful, Some of These Bite (8 Photos)

The street has teeth

A sculpture catches a passerby, a painted plant grows fangs above real flowers, and a bear holds a cyclist in its paws. Elsewhere, a wall pipe becomes a crying mouth, a pink cartoon grimaces beside a neon portrait, and a skeleton drinks with zero concern for anatomy. These eight photos turn open mouths into props, traps and punch lines.

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🍺 “Recycle” — By ItSkeletal in Fogelsville, Pennsylvania, USA 🇺🇸

One skeleton pours beer straight into its open mouth. Instead of stopping at the ribs, the stream runs through the body and into a mug held below—a perfectly literal recycling system.

💡 Nerd Fact: ItSkeletal is Manny Julio from Fogelsville, who told writer Janelle Lassalle, “I am not an artist.” His first scene, a 1950s-style living room where everyone was a skeleton, went up in his yard for Halloween and was meant to be a one-time thing.

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🌺 Carnivorous Plant — By Johann’s Art in Eu, Normandy, France 🇫🇷

The painted jaws hover directly above a real planter, turning the flowers and leaves into part of the creature. The sharper the teeth look, the more innocent the pink blooms become.

💡 Nerd Fact: Johann’s Art is Johann Grenier, also known as Made in Graffiti, who is originally from Eu. French broadcaster ICI credits him with the 60-meter mural facing the beach at Le Tréport.

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🌍 “Latest Status” — By Semiok in Istanbul, Turkey 🇹🇷

Semiok uses a dark pipe opening as the mouth of a crying planet. The old water stain below becomes a stream running down the wall.

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🐻 Bear Hug

The open-mouthed bear is holding—not biting—the cyclist stretched across its paws. The mountain bike and gear at the statue’s feet complete the staged scene.

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🕶️ Neon Glare — By NIDE in Bangkalan, Indonesia 🇮🇩

A small pink character with a mustache grimaces beside a much larger blue-and-magenta face in round yellow glasses. His mouth hangs open; hers is only just parted.

💡 Nerd Fact: NIDE comes from Tangerang, Indonesia. In his ThrowUp profile, he says the name comes from “natural idealist” and that he has painted consistently since 2010.

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👑 The Dog King — By El BOBBY Gr4ff in Savona, Italy 🇮🇹

A huge black nose, crooked teeth and a small yellow crown turn this dog into a nervous street monarch. The eyes look in different directions while the grin takes over the wall.

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😮 “Yin & Yang” — By Robert Arneson in Davis, California, USA 🇺🇸

A visitor leans away just as the giant head’s open mouth meets her leg. The open-mouthed head is half of Robert Arneson’s Yin & Yang, which has stood in front of Wright Hall at UC Davis since 1992.

💡 Nerd Fact: The pale heads are bronze. The Robert Arneson Archive lists Yin & Yang as a 1992 bronze in an edition of three and gives the two heads as 58 × 41 × 39 and 38 × 58 × 48 inches.

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😁 Golden Smile — By Lucek Lucek in Puebla, Mexico 🇲🇽

A broad smile fills the wall, with gold teeth catching the warm orange light. The tilted face and direct gaze make the portrait feel close enough to answer back.

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