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Border collies Roy and Ty ofQuack Pack USA herded a waddle of ducks straight through the space underneath a girl doing a backbend.

Ryan Cook captured his process of carving an elaborate toucan out of a single block of ice in a fascinating one-minute timelapse.

Home Suite Hotels started a wonderful program that gives adoptable senior dogs "jobs" as greeters at their hotels around South Africa.

Polyphonictakes a look at the music of the 1990s and 2000s, noting how the iconic guitar solo began its descent from popular music.

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The aptly named Speedbag Bard performs percussive covers of various types of songs with punches on a speed bag.

Moiya McTier, PhD of the PBS series "Fate & Fabled" explained the mythology behind the phrase "turtles all the way down".

Music producer veridiz created bouncy 8-bit synth cover of several seminal Pink Floyd albums, including "The Dark Side of the Moon".

A rescued baby squirrel enjoyed going to work with his human, custom jeweler Todd Alan who allowed him to inspect every piece of jewelry

A clip from "Spyin the Ocean", a robotic spy iguana byJohn Downer Productions dove down to the seafloor search for foodwith other iguanas.

A funny dog amusingly tried to take a bite of a sandwich that a character on a TV show held under the table with an outstretched hand.

TheRockin'1000 performed a rousing cover of the Pink Floyd song "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" at a stadium in Cesena, Italy.

The Invisibility Shield Company has debuted the 2nd generation of their optical cloaking shield that allows people to hide in plain sight.

Creative Machines Lab at Columbia University developed a robot named Emo that anticipates smiles and mimics a human expressions.

Kurzgesagtput together an animationexplaining how a devastating volcano in India caused the beginning of the end for dinosaurs.

In the short animated film "The Spider Within", a Miles Morales fights the shadowy monsters of panic that literally drive him up the wall.

Robert E Fullercaptured gorgeous 4K footage of a winter starling murmuration swooping over the Ripon City Wetlands in Yorkshire, England.

A service dog in Taiyuan, China goes grocery shopping at a farmers market everyday with a little red basket in her mouth.

Park worker Dani Garland accidentally got swallowed by a convertible sofa bed while she was setting it up for her co-worker.

The Paint Explainerprovided explanations for a comprehensive listof types of government types and their ideologies.

Cale Brown of Bird Antics performs intricate dance routines with virtual clones of himself in different, but coordinating clothing.

A golden retriever clumsily climbed up into a cat condo, wiggled through the doorway and then turned around to peer out at the room.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology explained the differences between the wide array of birds in the Picidae family known as woodpeckers.

Learn Something New explained how Alcatraz went from a strategically placed military fortress to the isolated island prison of legend.

A very talented border collie named Simba gracefully parkoured across a row of metal bicycle racks, easily going from one to the next.

FridayNightLullaby performed all the songs of the iconic "Quadrophenia" and "Tommy" albums by The Who as a one-man band.

Brittany of Paradise for Paws Rescue spoke about a raccoon named Roxy who brings her babies to meet Brittany and family every year.

pwnisher put out a call to 3D artists to create their interpretation of a character making an eternal ascent from a provided template.

A happy little sheep who lives at Millington's Magical Barn excitedly wagged her little tail when she saw her favorite human approaching.

Life in the 1800s shared footage of Frank B. Wood talking about witnessing Orville and Wilbur Wright making their first attempt at flying.

Josiah Ross set up a camera to capture how Phillip, his adorably chatty orange tabby cat, would respond once he left the apartment.

Charles Berthoudperformed a funky instrumental tune on Mattias Krantz's bluetooth-enabled360 spinning guitar/bass combo.

Posit Pixel explained the distinguishing features of 44 different animals, both living and extinct, from smallest to largest.

Nika Diwa captured adorable footage of her daughter giving her husband a full nail salon treatment using colorful straws taped to his fingers.

Baby cow twins who'd been rejected by a dairy and rescued by Happy Compromise Sanctuary were reunited with their mother a year later.

Sam O'Nella Academy explained why several different foods from abroad have either been banned or restricted in the United States.

Tour guide Adam Thorn Smith described how Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon, the world's smallest park, came to exist.

A very lively cat enjoys playing hide and seek and other games with her favorite young pajamaed human on a daily basis.

Wildlife rescuer Joe Rocco of The Broken Antler came to the rescue a young fawn who deliberately was shot with a practice arrow.

Matthieu Livingston created "Wet Paint", a documentary about Robert Pammen, the last painter of the iconic red telephone boxes in London.

Shirin Abedinirad created "Reflective Journey", a VR installation featuring doors and mirrors salvaged from the 2023 Turkish earthquake.

A lovebird named Ku-chan made his jealous feelings perfectly clear when his human Bettyco was petting a tiny rubber ducky instead of him.

A sneaky dog moved his nose next to the Cheeto that an unsuspecting hamster was eating and stole the cheese puff for himself.

A Colombian musician picked up his pan flute and performed a catchy duet with a noisy washing machine that provided a decent beat.

Percussionist Jeremie Carrier played fifteen different notes on a marimba, each at a cascading interval difference of two beats per minute.

A colorful 84 year old blind Amazon parrot named Koko, who was born in 1940, finally found a permanent loving home after years of abuse.

Rene Carbajal, the senior aquarist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, showed what it's like to take care of their resident giant Pacific octopuses.

Former airline employee Darby Maloney shared a very helpful hack to keeping track of any airline flight with an iPhone.

Great Big Story visited Vlad Kreimer at SOMA Laboratory in Warsaw, Poland where he builds incredible experimental electronic instruments.

"Help I'm On Fire" traveled to Forks, Washington, to meet John Anderson, an extreme beachcomber who opened a museum for all his finds.