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Fiona the absolutely adorable growing baby hippo, performed a few tricks as she became more confident in the deeper end of the indoor pool at the Cincinnati Zoo, accompanied by her beloved caretaker Jen. She porpoises, pushing off the bottom like a torpedo, up and down across the length of both pools and attempts water […]The post Fiona the Rescued Baby Hippo Becomes More Confident in the Deeper End of the Pool appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On their latest episode of Trailer Mix, Mashable Watercooler created a fantastic new trailer for Deadpool that imagines what the raunchy superhero film would be like as a heartfelt, Oscar worthy drama. Something about one of the raunchiest comic book movies ever – at its heart is a tender love story. We take a look […]The post The Deadpool Movie Reimagined as a Heartfelt, Oscar Worthy Drama appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Inflatable Pubs Global has created an awesome inflatable replica of Moe’s Tavern from The Simpsons which they plan on debuting this month in Dublin, Ireland. Their giant custom inflatable pub retails for $4500 and will allow patrons to drink Duff Beer like Barney and Homer in the iconic animated bar. image via Inflatable Pubs Global […]The post An Inflatable Moe’s Tavern From The Simpsons appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During the Chalk the Walk event in Mount Vernon, Iowa, artist and creative director Greg Dietzenbach added the additional and amazing element of speech to two of his chalk characters. Dietzenbach invited participants through simple instructions asking them to access a specific website on their smartphones, lay the phones at the mouths of the sloth […]The post Talented Artist Adds a Clever Interactive Speaking Element to His Sidewalk Chalk Characters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a refreshing Ted Ed Lesson animated by Stef Lee, educator Shunan Teng of New York City’s Tea Drunk describes the fascinating history of tea, the legendary farmer who discovered tea and how tea made its way from China to the rest of the world throughout the years. Tea is the second most consumed beverage […]The post The Fascinating History of Tea appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On May 16, 2017, ABC announced a eight episode reboot in 2018, of the groundbreaking comedy series Roseanne with a nostalgic montage of scenes from its run from 1988 through 1997. The original cast of the show – Roseanne Barr (Roseanne), John Goodman (Dan), Sara Gilbert (Darlene), Laurie Metcalf (Jackie), Michael Fishman (DJ) and Lecy […]The post Original ‘Roseanne’ Cast Reuniting for 2018 Reboot appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Craftsman Mike Warren (a.k.a. “mikeasaurus“) has created a fiery hot tutorial on how to build a flamethrower skateboard that leaves a trail of fire behind you with the push of a button. Mike‘s entire tutorial is available to view on Instructables. Nothing makes more of a scene when you hit the streets than flames from […]The post How to Make a Flamethrower Skateboard That Leaves a Trail of Fire With the Push of a Button appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a tasty pasta episode of Binging With Babish, host Andrew Rea demonstrated how to make Dev Shah’s (Aziz Ansari) spaghetti carbonara dish from season 2 of Master of None. The complete spaghetti carbonara recipe, including a vegetarian version, is available on the Binging With Babish website. A post shared by Binging With Babish (@bingingwithbabish) […]The post How to Make Dev’s Spaghetti Carbonara Dish From Master of None appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys teamed up with the Blue Man Group to make slow motion art with bowling balls. They dropped a bowling ball to crush fish bowls filled with colorful candies, martini glasses filled with paint, and a durable Jell-O mold. Related Laughing Squid PostsSlow-Motion 4K Video of […]The post The Slow Mo Guys and the Blue Man Group Created Slow Motion Art Using Bowling Balls appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A group of seven students and two teachers at High Technology High School in Lincroft, New Jersey set up a camera trap in the woods of the local community college that kept an unobtrusive eye on a den of foxes and their nine+ babies as they went about their daily lives. Student Kelly Qiang updates […]The post High School Camera Trap Project Captures Daily Footage of a Family of Foxes Outside Their Den appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a wonderfully clever sketch by Tom Blackwood and Alex Cooper of Mid-Brow entitled “Bad News“, a couple of friends who work as BBC correspondents meet for a pint and find that they can’t stop the deliberately enunciated pattern of speech they employ at work, despite the fact that neither of them wants to speak […]The post Two BBC Correspondents Meet for a Pint and Find They Can’t Stop Speaking in the Preferred BBC Style appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jonathan Chong directed a wonderful music video for the new Husky song “Ghost” from the album Punchbuzz, which features incredible animation by Clem Stamation that encompasses a colorfully embroidered Día de Muertos theme. All aboard the ghost train! Latest creation from Dropbear… A Day of the Dead, Mexican textile animated music video for HUSKY’s new […]The post Animated Music Video for ‘Ghost’ by Husky Features an Amazing Embroidered Day of the Dead Theme appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musicians and astrophysicists Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida who both work at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics when not playing in their band, partnered up with postdoc researcher Daniel Tomayo of the Centre for Planetary Science, to create Trappist Sounds. The song and accompanying animation were made from an interpretation of the resonant harmonics […]The post TRAPPIST Sounds, Music Created From Resonance Within the Trappist-1 Planetary System appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Brant Coltrain celebrated his mom on Mother’s Day by trying to shoot her in the face with a Nerf gun. Lucky for him, his good sport of a mother caught the Nerf dart in her mouth with the gum she was chewing on and they both ended up having a good laugh. via reddit Related […]The post Son Shoots Mom in Mouth With Nerf Gun Dart That She Catches With Her Chewing Gum appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Fox released the first official trailer for The Orville, the upcoming space comedy television series created by Seth MacFarlane and directed by Jon Favreau. The amusing looking Star Trek spoof is currently set to debut on Fox this fall. THE ORVILLE is a one-hour science fiction series set 400 years in the future that follows […]The post The Orville, Seth MacFarlane and Jon Favreau’s New Space Comedy Television Series on Fox appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Twitch has partnered with PBS and The Fred Rogers Company to present a free, 18 day marathon of the long-running beloved children’s series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. The marathon runs from May 15th through June 3rd, 2017, during which the entire library will be streamed. The series ran a long time, from February 1968 through February […]The post Twitch Is Streaming an 18-Day Marathon of Beloved PBS Kids Series ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Video producer Christophe Haubursin and graphic designer Amanda Northrop, both of Vox, explain the fascinating pattern of describing the order in which color is classified and the surprising commonalities found between different languages. In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin, published a book on a pretty groundbreaking idea: that every culture in […]The post Why Different Cultures Invented Words for Colors in the Very Same Order With Each of Their Languages appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A wonderfully protective giant schnauzer named Yatzi took it upon herself to repeatedly imped her little human’s sandy path to ensure that she didn’t wander too far out into the ocean. According to Yatzi’s human Jacque Langston, the dog is very vigilant with his daughter, especially around water of any kind. The first time my […]The post Protective Dog Repeatedly Blocks Little Girl’s Path to Prevent Her From Wandering Too Far Into the Ocean appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an interesting episode of the animated series “What I Learned” by Quoted Studios, actor Johnny Depp opened up to Esquire writer-at-large Cal Fussman in a 2009 interview. Depp spoke honestly about his parents, his decision to drop out of high school, his desire to re-enroll two weeks later, the advice that was given to […]The post Johnny Depp Recalls the Time He Trashed a Hotel Room Because He Was In a Bad Mood appeared first on Laughing Squid.

20th Century Fox released the final trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes, the upcoming third sci-fi film in the rebooted Planet of the Apes movie franchise that began with Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011. The trailer features Caesar (Andy Serkis) and the apes showing “no mercy” and “no […]The post The Final Trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes Shows No Mercy and No Peace appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Mo Ganji (@moganji) on May 11, 2017 at 7:06am PDT Mo Ganji, an Iranian born, Berlin-based ink artist who’s known for his distinctive minimalist tattoos that use just a single line to form a desired shape. Such designs include a stretching cat, a wide wing-spanned owl, a floating hummingbird, dogs and […]The post Beautifully Minimalist Single Line Tattoos appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Nicolas Bruno (@nicolasbruno) on Jun 29, 2016 at 9:21am PDT Nicolas Bruno, a photographer in Northport, Long Island, channeled his pervasive sleep paralysis into a truly powerful series entitled “Between Realms“. Each photo captured the overpowering sense of isolated terror that kicks in when one is rendered unable to move, speak […]The post Between Realms, A Powerful Photo Series Capturing the Absolute Terror of Sleep Paralysis appeared first on Laughing Squid.

To celebrate Alien: Covenant invading theaters this week, Singapore artist Serene Teh (a.k.a. “saggyarmpit“) created an incredible Alien: Covenant flipbook animation that features a deadly Xenomorph attacking terrified passengers on a spacecraft. Created with ink and cartridge papers, white-on-black sketched using Procreate on Ipad, printed on Naturalis vanilla 130gsm papers. Post-edited on Adobe Premiere. A […]The post Alien: Covenant Flipbook Animation of a Xenomorph Attacking Passengers on a Spacecraft appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Darryl Friesen (a.k.a. “Baronworks“) has built a creepy cool LEGO sugar skull automaton, inspired by the Day of the Dead holiday, that continuously looks around and chomps down on its teeth. Darryl used over 100 gears to bring his sugar skull to life. A post shared by Darryl Friesen (@baronworks) on Dec 20, 2016 at […]The post A Creepy Cool LEGO Sugar Skull Automaton appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Christine McConnell (@christinehmcconnell) on May 11, 2017 at 5:21pm PDT In honor of Alien: Covenant attacking theaters this week, amazing food artist and photographer Christine McConnell created a deliciously deadly collection of Alien themed desserts and took stunning photos to show them all off. Christine shared all of her behind the […]The post A Deliciously Deadly Series of Alien: Covenant Desserts That Want to Hug Your Face and Tummy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“The Dog Walk” is an amusing short film by actor and filmmaker Dave Stolz that visually describes the challenges of walking a dog in New York City amongst frustrating but well-meaning strangers who just want to say “hello” to the adorable canine at the end of the leash. Owning a cute dog can be both […]The post The Challenges of Walking an Adorable Dog Down a Busy New York City Sidewalk appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Gifted is Fox‘s upcoming television show connected to Marvel‘s X-Men series of films. The newly released trailer follows the Strucker family as son Andy (Percy Hynes White) and daughter Lauren (Natalie Alyn Lind) become aware of and learn more about their new mutant powers. This brings unwanted attention from government agents and causes unwanted […]The post A Family Struggles With Their Kids’ Mutant Powers in Fox’s New Marvel X-Men Series The Gifted appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the winter of 2014, musician Chris Cardone of Kalium Strings put out the call for someone to help him build the largest bass guitar possible. The talent luthiers at Prat Basses answered and together designed “Godzilla“, a massive green 24-string bass with an enormous headstock and a complicated bridge to accommodate the incredible number […]The post Godzilla, A Custom Made Massive Green 24-String Bass Guitar With a Giant Headstock and Bridge appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A truly compassionate young man who is the loving human to Gluta, a rescue dog witha huge social media following, set out onto the streets of Nakhom Pathom,Thailand to gain the trust of stray dogs at IamGreen Heart Shelter by INSEE in order to give them their very first hug. While he found that not […]The post An Incredibly Compassionate Thai Man Makes It His Mission to Give Stray Shelter Dogs Their First Hug appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating educational video by the Royal Institution, mathematician and host Rachel Dorris explained the disarming optical illusion created by a hollow mask to her two children, Eva and Daniel. Once they understood the concept behind the illusion, she then enlisted the kids to create a hollow mask of their own. We make a […]The post The Hollow Mask Optical Illusion Explained appeared first on Laughing Squid.

After reuniting in 2016 ahead of the Presidential election, the cast members of Will and Grace are making a long-awaited return to NBC in Fall 2017, after 11 years off air. At first Debra Messing was a bit hesitant about recreating her role of Grace Adler, but with a little musical prodding from Eric McCormack […]The post The Cast of ‘Will and Grace’ Reunite in a Musical Trailer for Their 12-Episode Run in Fall 2017 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Yujia Hu (@theonigiriart) on Apr 5, 2017 at 3:05pm PDT Sushi Chef and food artist Yujia Hu of SakanaSushi in Milan, Italy has created Shoe-Shi, a brilliant series of popular sneakers in miniature made with sticky rice, sushi nori and other typical ingredients of sushi and sushi rolls. Among the various […]The post Shoe-Shi, Popular Sneakers Brilliantly Recreated With Edible Sushi Roll Ingredients appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Went to a museum armed with Face App to brighten up a lot of the sombre looks on the paintings and sculptures. The results… pic.twitter.com/N0zYGAFgKW — Olly Gibbs (@ollyog) May 11, 2017 British designer Olly Gibbs of Empire Magazine paid a visit to Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, armed with FaceApp and put a great big […]The post Designer Uses FaceApp to Add Smiles to Paintings and Sculptures at an Amsterdam Museum appeared first on Laughing Squid.

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Filmmakers Blake Faucette and Matthew Williams of Distractotron created a educational video where they give everyone a brief history of the entire Alien franchise to help prepare us for the upcoming Alien: Covenant film. Alien: Covenant is set to attack theaters this week on May 19th, 2017. Related Laughing Squid PostsWeyland-Yutani Builds the Synthetic Android […]The post A Brief History of the Alien Film Franchise to Help Prepare for the Upcoming Alien: Covenant appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The wonderfully forthright John Oliver used his half-hour allotted to Last Week Tonight to explain the complicated process of kidney dialysis, how President Richard Nixon approved kidney for all, the limited number of private dialysis providers in the United States and the dodgy practices of one such provider with a CEO who dresses like D’Artagnan […]The post John Oliver Takes on the Dodgy Business Practices of a Private Dialysis Provider in the United States appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Los Angeles filmmaker Andrew McMurry of Nukazooka and musician Stefan Smith have created “A Virtual Nightmare,” a special effects video about a young man who buys a cheap Nethervision virtual reality headset off of a classified ads website. Once he is strapped in, the unsuspecting man is transported into a nightmarish video game that has […]The post A Young Man Dives Into a Nightmarish Virtual Reality Video Game That Has Real Life Repercussions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“The New Ugly Duckling” is a fantastic animated retelling of the classic “Ugly Duckling” fairy tale, created in 2014 by Flamboyant Paradise for the NET communications company, that is set to an alternate version of Nina Simone‘s song “Ain’t Got No, I Got Life” from the musical Hair. They used a clever mixture of filmed […]The post The New Ugly Duckling, A Fantastic Animated Retelling of the Classic Ugly Duckling Fairy Tale appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Vox story editor Phil Edwards explains the circuitous route by which Sir Edward Elgar‘s “Pomp and Circumstance March“, a song that celebrated the expanding global British Empire, became the standard instrumental theme of graduations everywhere within the United States since 1905. Part of Edward Elgar’s infamous military marches, the tune was composed in the midst […]The post How ‘Pomp & Circumstance’ Became the Standard Graduation Song Throughout the United States appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Earlier this month, Larry Ogle of Salem, Virginia strapped a creepy motion activated clown to his garbage can outside and sent a trash stealing bear running away in fear after it set off the evil laughing clown alarm. Related Laughing Squid Posts(8-b)It, An Incredibly Creepy Clown Shirt Designed by Wil Wheaton and Diesel SweetiesGerman Artist […]The post Trash Stealing Bear Runs Away in Fear After Setting Off Creepy Motion Activated Clown Doll Alarm appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Norwegian engineer Kåre Halvorsen (a.k.a. “Zenta“) has created the MX-Phoenix, a 3D printed spider inspired hexapod robot that uses 18 different motors to crawl over uneven ground. I decided to make a new hexapod robot again. This time using the much larger and powerful Dynamixel servos from Robotis. I’ll use 6 MX-64T as coxa servos […]The post Engineer Tests Out His 3D Printed Hexapod Robot That Can Crawl Over Uneven Ground appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Saturday Night Live Amazon Echo Silver, a handy listen/response device that responds to just about any name that may or may not sound like “Alexa“. Developed in collaboration with AARP, the device is tastefully designed with a wood/silver facade and responds with loud answers, built in one-syllable acknowledgements and a great deal of patience. AThe […]The post An AARP Amazon Echo Silver Responds Loudly to Any Name in a Hilarious Saturday Night Live Skit appeared first on Laughing Squid.

IMDb has created a video featuring a shot for shot comparison of the trailer for the original Blade Runner film and the first official trailer for the upcoming Blade Runner 2049 movie. Blade Runner 2049 is set to blast its way into theaters on October 6th, 2017. Related Laughing Squid PostsHarrison Ford Reprises His Role […]The post A Shot for Shot Comparison of the Original Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 Movie Trailers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Aerones used their high power 28-propeller drone to lift daring skydiver Ingus Augstkalns to a height of 1,082 feet where he accomplished an astonishing jump and landing with his parachute. photos via Aerones via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsTerrifying Helmet Cam Video of an Unconscious Skydiver Being Rescued in Mid-Air by Fellow JumpersValery Rozov […]The post High Power Drone Lifts Daring Skydiver 1,082 Feet Into the Air for an Astonishing Jump and Landing appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ethan Than released a cute video of his little niece, Maddie, grooving to the song “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. While grooving in her car seat, she anxiously waits for the beat to drop before breaking loose and dancing up a storm in her car seat. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsAlex […]The post Little Girl in Car Seat Waits for the Beat to Drop in ‘Uptown Funk’ Before Dancing up a Storm appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Adult Swim has released a new promo for the upcoming film, Alien: Covenant, that finds everyone’s favorite mad scientist and his fretful grandson from Rick and Morty scouring a ship in outer space. Rick saves the duo after a face hugger attacks due to the high toxicity level in his blood from drug use and […]The post Drugs and Alcohol Save Rick and Morty From a Face Hugger in an Alien: Covenant Promo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ellimacs SFX has released a horrific scarecrow clown makeup tutorial, as well as a creepy tutorial on how to easily make your very own custom set of fitted monster teeth. This creature of darkness is a cross between a stitched up burlap scarecrow and a rough psychopath clown. It also has the characteristics of a […]The post A Horrific Scarecrow Clown Makeup Tutorial Complete With Custom Fitted Monster Teeth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Pizzeria Disgusto is an upcoming cartoon book, created by Austrian illustrator and comic artist Michael Hacker, all about the weird and funny side of Italian cuisine. Michael is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help with the production and shipping costs of his rad book featuring “80 pages full of illustrated puns and wordplays.” Pizzeria […]The post Pizzeria Disgusto, A Cartoon Book About the Weird and Funny Side of Italian Cuisine appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Music in Objects is a wonderful video series by sound designer Matthew Simonson, who seeks out the various sounds and tempos that can be created by a single commonplace item at a time. For the first three videos of the series, Simonson used items such as paper, a bicycle and a can of oats to […]The post Music in Objects, Brilliantly Mixed Songs Composed Solely From Individual Commonplace Items appeared first on Laughing Squid.