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Wildlife conservation filmmakers Richard Sidey (previously) and Aliscia Young compiled absolutely delightful footage of enormous elephant seals in Antarctica and on South Georgia Island. The earless, large-nosed mammals happily rolled around on the beach, took naps, argued a bit with one another, and even did a bit of exercise to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Delightful Footage of Enormous Elephant Seals on the Beaches of Antarctica and South Georgia Island first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Drone pilot Jay Christensen of Rally Studios in Minneapolis who flew his drone through a bowling alley and through the Mall of America, traveled to Los Angeles in order to send his flying robot through the iconic Mel’s Drive-In on Sunset Boulevard. Christensen’s drone captured the nostalgia of the restaurant,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Nostalgic Drone Flight Through the Iconic Mel’s Drive-In on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

NASA explains the existence of exoplanets in a wonderfully colorful animation. Exoplanets, which are planets outside our own solar system, have been recently the subject of space exploration with the advent of modern technology. So far, NASA has learned that there are a wide variety of exoplanets with an even...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Colorful NASA Animation That Explains Exoplanets first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Electronicos Fantasticos, the highly creative band fronted by electronic artist Ei Wada, known for their their highly inventive musical devices, attached a scanner to a skateboard and played their incredible electronic barcode signal instrument in a rolling fashion. DAY 1 of the experiment which we attached a barcode scanner to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musicians Attach a Scanner to a Skateboard to Read Amplified Musical Barcode Signals While Skateboarding first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Michael Matzkeit (@in_love_with_drinks) Mixologist Michael Matzkeit shared a fun recipe to make a Master Yoda cocktail. All you need is 25ml of gin, 25ml of Chartreuse liqueur, 25ml of maraschino liqueur, 25ml of lime juice, and maraschino cherries and lime wedges...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make a Tasty Master Yoda Cocktail first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese plastics company SYUTO has created a wonderful, highly realistic sushi model kit. The kit comes with 366 pieces. Included in these pieces are individual grains of rice. The kits come in different flavors – tuna or salmon – and will take about an hour to assemble. Each grain and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Highly Realistic Plastic Sushi Model Kit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Prolific rapper Mac Lethal, who previously performed an impossibly fast tongue twister rap using every letter of the alphabet in 2014, did a second pass at the same in 2020 with updated references. The entire rap, which took 77 takes, was performed in less than three minutes. I annihilate the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mac Lethal Performs an Insanely Fast Tongue Twister Rap That Features Every Letter of the Alphabet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jane and Dan of Texas Backyard Wildlife have created a wonderful video channel that features all sorts of wildlife that crosses into their Austin yard. In May of 2020, their cameras captured a dedicated mother fox moving her four precious month old pups in the middle of the night into...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Mother Fox Moves Her Four Pups to the Safety of an Underground Den in an Austin, Texas Backyard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Designer Brian Yung has created “Can I Binge”, a truly handy online tool that calculates exactly how long it would take to binge a television show that that is either current or has already run its course. Can I Binge? helps you figure out how long it’ll take to binge...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Handy Online Tool That Calculates Exactly How Long It Would Take to Binge a Television Show first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Architectural blog The B1M, who previously explored the very controversial subject of height amongst the tallest skyscrapers in the world, took the measurement of world buildings one step further with a fascinating video regarding the true scale of these buildings. To better appreciate the immense scale of these structures we’ve...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The True Scale of the World’s Tallest Buildings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Stormchasing filmmaker Mike Olbinski (previously) has put together a gorgeous compilation timelapse of stormcloud footage that he previously captured rolling across the US plains in black and white 4K and 8K footage. The scenes in this film have appeared before, and I cannot wait to get out and get some...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Gorgeous Black and White High Definition Compilation Timelapse of Storm Clouds Rolling Across the Plains first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly astute and adept Australian shepherd named Rush confidently circled around two separate circular sets of traffic cones on his skateboard, performing a near “figure eight” after a couple of tries. According to Rush’s human Marco Spadaccini, Rush was very hesitant to ride a skateboard at first. …he has...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Astute Australian Shepherd Performs a Figure Eight Around Traffic Cones While Riding a Skateboard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The musical pair of Tania Mazur and Sergii Shamrai, collectively known as the B&B Project, performed a beautiful cover of the iconic Eagles song “Hotel California” on a traditional Ukrainian bandura and button accordion, respectively. Hotel California | Bandura and Button Accordion Cover via The Awesomer Related PostsHeart Wrenching Covers...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Cover of the Iconic Eagles’ Song ‘Hotel California’ on Ukrainian Bandura and Button Accordion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When Maiken Woll Eide asked her toddler son to say “Mama”, he responded in a deep, semi-demonic voice. Father Julian Brophy thought it was hilarious. Awww, he finally learned how to say mama. ? pic.twitter.com/ICOO2iyeSA — Julian Brophy (@brophy) May 2, 2021 Related PostsVocal Dog Says ‘Mama’ Before Human Toddler...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Toddler Says ‘Mama’ in a Deep Demonic Voice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the tragically late Prince joined fellow musicians Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne of ELO, Dhani Harrison, and others onstage to play a star-studded version of fellow inductee George Harrison‘s iconic song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Petty and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Prince Shreds Superb Solo on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ in 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Director’s Cut first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Snactiv is a handy set of chopsticks that connect to your fingers to keep them clean when snacking. Snactiv is a multi-tasking snacking tool of the future that keeps your hands clean and your focus on the things that matter. The Snactiv was developed by Innoobi, a team of designers,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Chopsticks Snacking Tool That Attaches to Your Fingers to Keep Them Clean While Doing Other Things first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Marvel has put out a beautiful message to inspire unity using the powerful words of late, greatly missed Stan Lee. Lee’s speech was taken from his own unifying message in 2017. I love being with people, it’s the most incredible thing in the world, that world may change and evolve,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Inspiring Marvel Message of Unity Using Stan Lee’s Words That Previews Upcoming Movies and TV Shows first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alex Damon and Mollie Damon of Star Wars Explained organized the timeline of the Star Wars canon, using every item of reference they could find to explain this fascinating history in an hour-long video. This is the entire history of the Star Wars canon as of May 3, 2021. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Complete Star Wars Canon Timeline Explained first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ponte 516 Arouca (@ponte_516arouca) Pointe 516, the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has opened up high above the River Paiva in Arouca, Portugal. The bridge stretches for an incredible 516 meters (1,693 feet) across at an elevation of 175 meters (574...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post World’s Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge Opens Up High Above the River Paiva in Arouca, Portugal first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Drone pilot Jay Christensen of Rally Studios in Minneapolis, who previously flew his drone through the Bryant Lake Bowl & Theater, sent his flying robot around the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota and captured absolutely phenomenal footage. The drone followed a group of rollerbladers playing hockey in the halls...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Phenomenal Drone Footage Flying Through the Mall of America That Pays Tribute to ‘The Mighty Ducks’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Frederic van Strydonck (@fvanstry) Filmmaker Frederic van Strydonck used a smartphone rig to attach his camera to a brush marker pen and took off, drawing voluptuous swirling designs on a piece of paper. The soundtrack of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue added...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Drawing With a Brush Pen That Has a Camera Attached first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A clip from the PBS special Sharks of Hawaii takes a look at the Hawaiian garden eel. These native creatures are incredibly shy, remaining inside their benthic water burrows for their entire lives. They only to pop their heads out for food when the sun rises and then beat a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Shark Evading Habits of Shy Hawaiian Garden Eels first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful rescued cat named Luna lay across her human’s arms and snuggled up to his face so that he could use his beard to pet her little head. Luna enjoyed the yummy back and forth motion of the scratchy hairs, even turning her head so that he could reach...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Gives His Cat Head Scratches Using His Beard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@messingwithreality get the f*ck out of my house.. ##magician ##magic ##davidblaine ##xyzbca ##foryoupage ##harrisonford ? original sound – messingwithreality In a clip from the ABC special Real or Magic, actor Harrison Ford quite obligingly participated in a card trick performed by magician David Blaine. Blaine asked Ford to think of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Harrison Ford Hilariously Responds to an Incredible Card Trick Performed by David Blaine first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Morty and Florian (@aussie_morty) An incredibly astute Australian shepherd named Morty happily played a couple of competitive games of Connect Four and Jenga with his beloved humans and held his own quite well. Morty’s humans are very attentive to Morty, training...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Astute Australian Shepherd Plays Competitive Connect Four and Jenga Games With His Beloved Humans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Korean artist Dakd Jung has created a whimsical lighted speaker with an embedded ferrofluid display at the front that reacts and responds to music. Much like a lava lamp, the semi-solid ferrofluid forms uneven little blobs within the liquid that react and seem to follow both vibration and sound. Surprisingly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Whimsical Lighted Bluetooth Speaker With an Embedded Ferrofluid Display That Dances to the Beat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“The Fabric of You” by Josephine Lohoar Self is a beautiful, heartbreaking stop motion animation about a young anthropomorphic mouse named Michael who works anonymously as a tailor in a small shop. When a customer named Isaac comes in for a new suit, he seeks out Michael’s opinion and compliments...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The Fabric of You’, A Heartbreaking Stop Motion Film About a Young Mouse Grieving the Loss of a Lover first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Art vlogger James Payne of Great Art Explained offered up a fascinating compiled essay that interprets the meaning behind “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, the iconic triptyk by Hieronymus Bosch. Payne explains that Bosch was not trying to express an awareness of sexual freedom or fantasy, nor was it an...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Fascinating Interpretation of the Meaning Behind ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ by Hieronymus Bosch first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Percussionist and clown Fuman of Musica Loco performed an impressive routine by playing a single drum then bouncing his sticks onto a larger drum kit a few inches away and then catching them, all without missing a single beat. He also did a bit of juggling before tossing his sticks....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Coordinated Percussionist Juggles and Bounces His Sticks Off Another Drum Kit Without Missing a Beat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Multilingual comedian Loïc Suberville, who previously translated an absurd English sentence into French so that every word sounded the same, amusingly personified the French language and then proceeded to shame that person for the grammatical rules within. Of course, French rightly took English to task as well. Related PostsThe Complex...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Humorous Argument About the Illogical Grammar Rules in Both the French and English Languages first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Pet food company IAMS has launched NOSEiD, a cleverly designed app that uses a dog’s unique nose print to help alert, identify and reunite lost dogs with their beloved humans. This nose print is as unique to each canine as a fingerprint is to a human. The app scans the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever App That Uses Dogs’ Unique ‘Nose Print’ to Identify and Reunite Lost Canines With Their Humans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Joy Chapman of Surrey, British Columbia is a country singer who has broken the Guinness World Record for the “lowest vocal note reached by a female” with the performance of a C1, which registered at 33.57 Hz. The note was held for several seconds. Chapman explained that she has hypermobility...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Canadian Vocalist Sets the Guinness World Record for the Lowest Vocal Note Ever Reached by a Female first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Dungeon & Dragons themed podcast Dark Dice announced the incredible news that the great Jeff Goldblum will be joining their second season. Goldblum will be playing an elven sorcerer named Balmur who is embarking on a search for his daughter’s locket. Jeff will be joining us in Chapter 1B,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Jeff Goldblum Joins Second Season of the Dungeons & Dragons Podcast ‘Dark Dice’ as an Elven Sorcerer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luna Lee, who plays playing popular songs on her traditional Korean Gayageum, performed a beautiful cover of the heartbreaking classic George Michael song “Careless Whisper”. According to Lee, the song was “built” for her instrument. Because this is so perfect for Gayageum sound I think. I really enjoyed it...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Cover of the George Michael Song ‘Careless Whisper’ Played on a Traditional Korean Gayageum first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MANAMI SASAKI / sasamana (@sasamana1204) With the popularity of toast increasing worldwide, Japanese food artist Manami Sasaki has taken to creating incredible, edible pieces of art using this particular medium. While some of her pieces mimic that of great artists, much...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Edible Shoe That’s Made Out of Bread first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French musician Grégoire Blanc (previously) showcased 10 different scenarios in which a musical saw could be creatively played with the help of synthesizers, effects pedals, the wonderful instruments themselves, as created by Alexis Faucomprez, and of course Blanc’s immense talent. The results are a bit unpredictable, but we managed to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Showcases Ten Different Creative Ways That a Musical Saw Can Be Played Using Pedals and Effects first appeared on Laughing Squid.

DIY creator JoopB1 shows how to build a very cleverly designed birdhouse that looks just like a security camera out of scrap wood. The bird nesting season is up and running and so it was time to get creative making a birdhouse. Not just a birdhouse but also a fake...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Build a Fake Security Camera Birdhouse first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Woodworker Nick Zammeti, who previously built a giant colored pencil made out of many colored pencils and a playable ukulele, also made out of colored pencils, left the writing instruments behind and created an amazing waterfall table. This incredible table used epoxy resin and 10,000 LEGO bricks in order to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible LEGO Waterfall River Table first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the release of their new line of single-serving “Petite Feasts” for cats, Fancy Feast has also compiled a cookbook book for humans that coordinate their meal with what their cat is eating. Recipes such as “Salmon and Zucchini with a Miso Honey Glaze” pairs for humans perfectly with the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Fancy Feast Releases a Cookbook For Humans to Coordinate Their Meals With What Their Cat Eats first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Wonderfully affable Australian pelicans go for walks with their beloved keepers at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. Like other animals in their care, these big billed birds are provided with care and enrichment. Walking is part of that enrichment and the pelicans appear to enjoy it a great deal....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Affable Australian Pelicans Go For Enriching Walks With Their Beloved Keepers at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A colorful caique (parrot) quite amusingly let out a wonderful impression of a blaring metal detector while rotating back and forth in a semi-circle, just like a detector would do. Doesn’t this caique sound a bit like a metal detector? Here’s how a real metal detector sounds. Related PostsThe Universal...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Parrot Does a Great Impression of a Metal Detector first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Finnish five-man band Steve ‘n’ Seagulls performed a hearty, up-tempo bluegrass version of the classic 1979 earworm “My Sharona” by The Knack while seemingly at a ski lodge and in between fooling around on the slopes. It’s a bit reminiscent of “Weird Al” Yankovic‘s classic parody “My Bologna”. Original song...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Highly Up-Tempo Bluegrass Cover of the Classic 1979 Earworm ‘My Sharona’ by The Knack first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Josh DeWall of Ignite Glass Studios in Chicago has created an absolutely gorgeous, hand-blown glass wine decanter in the shape of an octopus. The wine is poured through the cephalopod’s head and travels down its eight graceful arms aerate the wine on its way into a rounded receptacle at the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Gorgeous Hand-Blown Glass Octopus Wine Decanter first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Jens of Another Perspective (previously) captured macro slow motion footage of the fascinating sight of a raw egg that had crystallized over ten days into a remarkable, almost Van Gogh-like swirling pattern. Egg time lapse. Watch a raw egg crystallizing over a period of 10 days and breaking like...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Fascinating Timelapse of a Raw Egg That Crystallizes Into a Remarkable Swirling Pattern Over Ten Days first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development team is developing a very short but freely mobile robot that can play the part of small characters in films. According to Disney, the robotic actor can walk, gesture, and emote according to whatever is needed at the time. Their first prototype is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Disney Imagineers Build a Walking Baby Groot Robot first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cody Don Reeder of Cody’s Lab, who previously flushed a toilet using 240 lbs of mercury instead of water, deliberately inhaled two different chemicals from separate balloons with amusing results. While it’s rather common for people to do this with helium balloons to make their voices higher, these actually made...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Deliberately Inhales Two Different Non-Toxic Gases That Make His Voice Sound Deeper first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Volunteer firefighters with the Devils Peak Vredehoek Neighbourhood Watch took a moment out from their hard work fighting fires in Cape Town, South Africa to give a very parched tortoise a long drink from the cap of a bottle of water. These firefighters manage to give a turtle a drink...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post South African Firefighters Give Parched Tortoise a Much Needed Drink of Water From a Water Bottle Cap first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper-Jones of Map Men humorously dug into the origins of the word “America”, how the word came about, how early maps portrayed America, how the it became synonymous with the United States, and why many around the world take issue with the use...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Origins of the Word ‘America’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A pair of curious goats named Alex and Junior who live at Tammy’s Oberlin Hobby Farm in Oberlin, Ohio, stood upon a seesaw and tried to figure out what it was and what it did. The hircine pair walked back and forth until they got a reaction. The movement proved...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Curious Goat Teaches Himself to Balance On a Seesaw first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While performing in 2005 at the Barbican in London, The talented musicians of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (previously) played a rather quaint and proper cover of the 1978 disco smash “Le Freak” by Chic. This performance of ‘Le Freak’ is taken from our 2005 show at The Barbican,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Quaint Ukulele Cover of the Disco Song ‘Le Freak’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.