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KQED Science took a look at the fascinating research of Mikel Maria Delgado, a UC Berkeley researcher who studies the similarity between squirrels and humans. In one experiment, Delgado wanted to see how habit-driven squirrels reacted to frustrating circumstances such as not getting an expected reward or lack of access. What she learned is that […]

Brave Wilderness host Coyote Peterson has once again intentionally allowed himself to get stung, quilled or bitten by a wild animal in order to show his viewers what the effects of such injuries have on a human body. In the first of his search for the most painful sting, the normally unflappable Peterson was more […]

Great Big Story visited London’s Royal Botanic Gardens to see a rare tree that could be the last of its kind. The Encephalartos woodii on display at the gardens was discovered in 1895 and transferred to London. Tucked away in a corner of London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, the last of an ancient plant grows. Though it […]

Vox writer Phil Edwards explained how a high-profile theft and an enthusiastic critic made the “Mona Lisa” such a famous painting. Many writers have chronicled the exciting and infamous story of how Vincenzo Peruggia stole the “Mona Lisa” in 1911. (This Smithsonian piece is particularly vivid.) But why did Peruggia target the “Mona Lisa” in […]

The Hyperunner strapped a GoPro HERO4 camera to his head and created a wonderful hylerlapse video of one years worth of his training around town while constantly shifting through seasons. Over 150 miles ran in one year. A total of 98,366 photos. This first-person hyperlapse flows through the seasons as the landscapes, weather, light, and […]

Online novelty retailer Archie McPhee has just released Strange Friends, a series of odd-looking action figures that feature everyday people wearing animal masks. Roscoe Pug, Yuji Pigeon, and Maggie Squirrel are available to purchase from the Archie McPhee website. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Laughing Squid PostsA Realistic Latex Howling Wolf Mask by Archie […]

8-year-old skateboarding prodigy Sky Brown from Miyazaki, Japan recently made history by being the youngest female ever to compete in the 2016 Vans US Open Pro Series. A video posted by Sky and Ocean (@awsmkids) on Sep 20, 2016 at 6:19am PDT A video posted by Sky and Ocean (@awsmkids) on Sep 12, 2016 at […]

Jimmy Kimmel recently surprised his audience before the 68th Emmys by bringing the kids of Stranger Things out on stage to perform the song “Uptown Funk.” Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), and Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas) were introduced to the stage by none other than Jimmy Kimmel Live parking lot security guard Guillermo Rodriguez. […]

Perth, Australia inventor Mark Murray has patented the Hamdog, a tasty combination of a hamburger and a hot dog in one bun. Mark first pitched his idea on Shark Tank Australia in 2015. image via Google Patents via News.Com.Au Related Laughing Squid PostsGiant Hamburger StoolHot Pink Dough Truck Serves Up Glazed Donut SandwichesFast Food, Scans […]

Life Noggin questioned whether humans should bring extinct species back to life. The video explores the ethics of the question as well as the science of how it could be done, using the case of the extinct passenger pigeon as an example. Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Reawakening Extinct Species’, A Look at the New Field of […]

Everything Apple Pro did a side-by-side speed test comparison of every model of the iPhone from the original through the recently released iPhone 7 line. The comparison tests things like boot time, HTML 5 compatibility, and app load times. It also compared the audio output, heat output, and various camera tests. ALL iPhones EVER Made […]

Woodworker Frank Howarth of Frank Makes fixed and rebuilt elements of his damaged screen door in a video that used creative camera techniques like time lapse and stop motion. Howarth replaced the ripped screen, crafted a beautiful starburst design to replace the old screen protector, and made a few other fixes. Our screen door needed […]

Adafruit showed off the world’s smallest MAME arcade cabinet, built using a Raspberry Pi Zero. Although impressive for its diminutive size, Adafruit’s Phillip Burgess was quick to temper expectations about the project in a blog post describing the build. HEADS UP: This is NOT a kit that we sell. Nor is it a complete step-by-step […]

During the Microsoft Judgement Day gamer’s conference that took place in October of 1995, a shotgun wielding Bill Gates teamed up with id Software to star in a never before seen promo video for both their DOOM video game and the Windows 95 operating system. via reddit Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Friends’ Stars Jennifer Aniston and […]

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence wake up early from space hibernation, go on a date, and kiss as things begin to go terribly wrong on their spaceship in the upcoming film Passengers. Pratt and Lawrence star as passengers of the spaceship Avalon who are supposed to be suspended in hibernation for 120 years, but they […]

To celebrate the one year anniversary of the UNDERTALE video game, Dorkly created a humorous animated short that imagines what it would be like is Mario found himself in the unusual world of UNDERTALE. Toby Fox’s brilliant indie game UNDERTALE just celebrated its one year anniversary and, to celebrate, we’re finally doing a video where […]

In “One Bass, Four Hands“, the very talented Davie504 recruited his girlfriend to play an adorable instrumental duet of the wonderful Jason Mraz song “I’m Yours” along the same fretboard. He played lead, while she played the bass section. Went to Taiwan and found two more bass hands.. so why not playing together on one […]

The School of Life addresses through animation, the very real and difficult task of fully enjoying what’s happening at the present without worrying about the future endeavors or past mistakes due by combination of anxiety, fear, selective editing and physical being. Our minds are cavernous, chaotic places. So much courses through them that has little […]

In honor of Happy Cat Month, the lovable feline duo of Cole and Marmalade offer very helpful tips for humans who want to know how to keep their own kitties happy and healthy for a very long time. September is Happy Cat Month! – There’s more to keeping your cat happy than simply giving them […]

Filmmaker Celia Gómez, about whose work we’ve previously written, has created an insightful look at the artful geometric symmetry employed throughout the BBC One series Sherlock. Perhaps this physical symmetry of the scenes were created to symbolize the logical inner workings of Mr. Holmes’ famous mind. A short montage celebrating the cinematography techniques of Sherlock […]

The Cherry Point Farm and Market in Shelby, Michigan is known by locals and visitors alike for a number of things, including their jams and jellies, summer fish boils and Tuesday Tea. The most unique feature about this West Michigan marketplace, however is a giant, hypnotically aromatic labyrinth and herb garden made out different varieties […]

Estately has compiled a map that highlights the lewdest sounding town name in each state in the United States, from Ballplay, Alabama to Goshen Hole, Wyoming. via Thrillist, Neatorama Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Tom Waits Map, An Interactive Map of Every Location Mentioned In the Songs of Tom WaitsAn Interactive U.S. Map That Visualizes the […]

A very cute but very frustrated pet frog repeatedly let out a determined squeak as a means of vocally objecting to the very persistently touchy-feely human who wouldn’t let him hop away. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsChow Chow Puppy Can’t Get Out of a BowlAnimal-Human Baby-Pet, A Sculpted Genetic Hybrid of a Dog & […]

GoPro has introduced Karma, a powerful and easy to fly camera drone and stabilizer system. The kit includes the drone, a remote with a touch screen monitor that displays the live feed from the camera, and a handheld stabilizer that all fit nicely into a single backpack-style case. Karma features a compact, fits-in-a-small-backpack design and […]

While sitting in a rowboat, an orphaned coyote pup used his adorable little pipes to let out several great big howls in unison with the vocal young seafaring human who held the pup on his lap. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsCoyote Peterson Takes His Excited Daughter on a Nighttime Creature Adventure in the Arizona […]

Guitarist Eric Calderone (a.k.a. “331Erock“) recently performed a heavy metal cover of the song “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” by Daft Punk. Here is the original song for comparison. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Man Plays Daft Punk’s Song ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’ Using Guitars, Guitar Accessories, and a SpoonDaftPunKonsole, A Web App That Remixes the Daft […]

Great Big Story shared the wonderfully heartwarming story of Roderick Olsen, a truly kindhearted horse rancher in Soldier Grove, Wisconsin, who acts as a seeing-eye human for his beloved blind horse Zaxson. About 10 years ago, Zaxson went blind, but rather than getting rid of the horse, as another rancher might do, Olsen decided that […]

On an interesting episode of Your Discovery Science‘s web series, Food Factory, they go behind the scenes to discover how jawbreakers candy is created and “how they make them so hard.” via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsMelting a Giant Jawbreaker Candy With a BlowtorchA Red-Hot Nickel Ball Turns a Candy Jawbreaker Into a Gurgling MessMolten […]

Filmmaker Jeremy Leaird-Koch employed his editing talent to create “Barkos“, a truly brilliant re-imagination of the opening sequence of the Netflix series Narcos that featured dogs, instead of humans, as the main characters. All the credits were “dogified” as well, with such names as Wagwag Moura (Wagner Moura), Bird Holdbark (Boyd Holbrook) and Pupper Pascal […]

An adorable two-year-old Scottish boy named Noel politely identified dinosaur toys as his mother handed them to him. Having a bash at naming his dinosaurs, not bad for only being 2!! via Nothing To Do With Arbroath Related Laughing Squid PostsCreative Parents Bring Their Kids’ Dinosaur Toys to Life for the Month of ‘Dinovember’Disney•Pixar Lovingly […]

Oltedal, Norway musician Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios recently performed a heavy metal cover of the song “Everything Is Awesome” from The LEGO Movie. In the music video, Leo jammed to his cover while dressed up as Emmet Brickowski. Related Laughing Squid PostsMusician Performs a Heavy Metal Cover of the Original ‘Ghostbusters’ Theme SongMusician […]

Jim Wright has created a series of animated videos that feature a LEGO orchestra performing Ludwig van Beethoven‘s Ninth Symphony, which is considered one of the legendary composer’s greatest works. via The Brothers Brick Related Laughing Squid PostsAudio of Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor Announcing Kennedy Assassination to AudienceObscura Digital Creates 3D Animated Projections on The […]

Jake Vale of CENSORED has created an unnecessarily censored version of the 3D animated Disney film, Zootopia, that makes innocent moments seem very raunchy. The video was inspired by the “This Week in Unnecessary Censorship” segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Unnecessarily Censored Version of Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6’ That Makes Ordinary […]

Brisbane, Australia film producer Cameron Collie has created an funny compilation video of highly skilled ping pong players performing all sorts of amazing trick shots. They are beyond professional ping pong players. Their skills show them to be absolute masters of the sport. I’ve seen some epic basketball trick shots but this some next level […]

Clowns is a series of bizarre vignettes centered around the theme of clowns. The video is part of Adult Swim‘s Off the Air series that showcases short animation and videos focused on one theme per episode. No Clowns were harmed in the making of this video. Related Laughing Squid PostsCucumbo, A Kitchen Tool That Slices […]

The Macro Room has put together a wonderfully satisfying compilation that features an array of objects, many of them electronic, melting under an open flame in real time. Melting objects are satisfying to watch, specially in a very close macro compilation! Hope you all like it Related Laughing Squid PostsA Beautiful and Satisfying Compilation of […]

Blacksmith Gil Ramirez demonstrated how he forged large and impressive steel D20 dice in a two-part episode of his series Vlogsmith. The first video explained the icosahedron shape, and how Ramirez carefully measured out the faces and vertices of the die, and he actually forges the die from a cast iron sphere in the second video. […]

A photo posted by Sweet Treats Of PAWSitivity! (@the.fluffy.duo) on Jul 9, 2016 at 4:37pm PDT At the age of 11, a beautiful, America Eskimo dog named Hoshi had both of his eyes removed due to a severe infection. While the operation left Hoshi blind, he still has a trusty set of eyes looking out […]

Adam Conover revealed the truth that purebred dogs are genetic monsters in a clip from his TruTV show Adam Ruins Everything. Conover first tackled the subject back in 2014 when Adam Ruins Everything was a CollegeHumor web series. Pure breeding is a form of genetic manipulation humans made up just to amuse ourselves. Related Laughing […]

In “The Perfectionist Trap”, the School of Life talks about the how the constant need for absolute perfection acts as a barrier to learning new skills. Instead, it is suggested to accept failure as a necessary starting point toward success. We become stuck in an uncomfortable paradox: our ambitions have been ignited by greatness, but […]

Google Trips is a new app that gives users offline access to important travel information on the go. Trips pulls information about upcoming trips from Gmail and Inbox, and users can download maps, reservations, and more information they might need for a visit to an unfamiliar place that may not have cell service or Wi-Fi. The […]

In an informative TED-Ed lesson animated by Josephine Mark, educator Susan Wortman-Jutt explains what happens when someone suffers from aphasia and how isolating it can be when one is unable to turn thoughts into words, what can cause aphasia, the different categories of aphasia that impact different aspects of communication and how aphasia can be […]

New York Magazine associate producer Christine Nguyen has created a visual tribute to Gene Wilder and his 8 most iconic movie roles. Related Laughing Squid PostsDreamer of Dreams, A Supercut Tribute to Gene Wilder and His Magical Movie CareerHow Gene Wilder’s Sincere Ability to Share the Spotlight Made His Comedic Genius Shine ThroughThe Ingenious Manner […]

Chef Jun Yoshizuki of Jun’s Kitchen decided to conduct an experiment involving his trusted kitchen mate and beloved feline Kohaku. Jun wanted to see which meal Kohaku preferred, a beautifully prepared homemade meal made from fresh fish and chicken or dry food from the store. The results of the experiment came as no surprise to […]

In the upcoming film Ordinary World, a bespectacled Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day plays the role of Perry Miller, a former musician and unassuming married father of two who works in the family hardware store. When Perry’s wife (Selma Blair) and daughter forget his 40th birthday, Perry’s brother Jake (Chris Messina) offers him a […]

An adorable and super excited little girl named Beatrix Hart was recently caught on the jumbotron “being silly” while eating cotton candy at a Seattle Mariners baseball game and is now known as “Cotton Candy Girl” thanks to her hilarious facial expressions. After being featured on the Mariners twitter page, her father Jake took to […]

Garyx Wormuloid from the Wisecrack series Earthling Cinema gave a hilarious alien perspective on the hidden meaning behind Shrek. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Disturbing Series of Alien-Like Creatures Created by Drawing Faces Onto a Person’s BackOuter Space Vodka, A Multi-Distilled Spirit That Comes in a Bright Green Glass Alien Head BottleThe Possible Secret Meanings Behind […]

On September 15th, the Royal Society announced the winners of their 2016 Publishing photography competition. Among these gorgeous photos, was one that captured the sight of multiple butterflies perched in a colorful ring atop a resting caiman, gathering salt off its brow. Photographer Mark Cowan caught this amazing shot when he was on a scientific […]

Primitive Technology demonstrated how to build a rain proof barrel tiled shed using just handmade tools and materials like sticks and clay. The shed will provide a dry workspace during wet weather and has more headroom than other structures built during the project. I built a tiled roof shed to provide a fire and rain […]

The Whole Shabang potato chips have been widely touted as unique and incredibly delicious, “like an everything bagel but an everything chip …flavors of bbq, salt, vinegar, and garlic.” Unfortunately, up until only recently, the only way to get these coveted snacks was through a prison commissary. The brand is owned by the Keefe Group, […]