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Trent Shy, a talented stop-motion animator from Charleston, South Carolina has created two incredibly free-flowing claymation tributes to some of his most beloved blue and green characters from pop culture. Shy first addressed those in green such as Pickle Rick from Rick and Morty, Kermit the Frog, Gumby, and Yoda...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Free-Flowing Stop-Motion Claymation Tributes to Beloved Green and Blue Pop Culture Characters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented 25 year old Sri Lankan pianist Eshan Denipitiya, who previously played an absolutely wonderful medley of Queen’s classic hits, performed a magical medley that incorporated the songs from the Harry Potter series. The musician was especially pleased to play this medley as John Williams is one of his most...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Magical Piano Medley of ‘Harry Potter’ Songs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist LeopARTnik, who creates animations to cause smiles, laughter, and happiness, quite amusingly drew arms onto a pair of black-capped lories. These colorful parrots were also each given a badass guitar to shred tasty licks while banging their respective heads to a heavy metal beat. Blackheads, black eyeliner… they are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Badass Birds Shred Tasty Licks on Animated Guitars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper Jones of Map Men take a long-reaching look at what the current continents may look like in approximately 250 million years. Before looking forward, the men look at the history of tectonic plate shifting, such in the case of Pangaea. It’s this specific...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post What the World Might Look Like in 250 Million Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Elderfox Studios took photographic footage taken by various Mars space rovers and compiled them into an absolutely astonishing 4K rendered video that reveals the surface of Mars. The original photos used in this short but stunning documentary were from NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS, Cornell University and ASU. Although the cameras are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mars Rover Footage Compiled Into an Astonishing 4K Video That Reveals the Surface of the Planet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stella • Mabel (@dognamedstella) Stella, who loves jumping in piles of leaves, demonstrates how dogs react to various urgent situations. A Wonderful Compilation of Stella the Silly Dog Gleefully Jumping Into Piles of Freshly Raked Leaves via Miss Cellania Related PostsA...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Dogs React to Various Urgent Situations first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedic musician Tom McGovern stood inside his closet and performed a respectable cover of the classic John (Cougar) Mellencamp song “Jack and Diane”. Rather than singing all of the lyrics, however, McGovern somehow got stuck on the first line of the second verse (“Suckin’ on a chili dog”) and proceeded...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Cover of John Mellencamp’s ‘Jack and Diane’ With Most of the Lyrics Sung As ‘Sucking on a Chili Dog’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly melodic bird named Tico began singing and whistling while his human Frank Maglio sat and played the iconic Led Zeppelin song “Stairway to Heaven” on a six-string guitar. Tico’s powerful voice, albeit without much enunciation, gave singer Robert Plant a good vocal run for his money. Maglio and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Melodic Parrot Whistles and Sings Along While His Human Plays ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and Other Songs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An engineer with The Q, who previously replaced his bicycle wheels with running shoes, took his creativity a step further with giant circular saw blades. He carefully removed the tires and the spokes from the original wheels and engineered the entire bicycle to handle such heavy and sharp blades. Ladies...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Replaces the Wheels on His Bicycle With Giant Circular Saw Blades So He Can Ride Across the Ice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A British woman named Maude, who’s happiest in or near the water, captured absolutely mesmerizing footage of a beautiful starling murmuration that was gracefully floating over a body of water next to a dock. The birds performed an elaborate defensive dance in separate groups before finally coming together in the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mesmerizing Footage of a Starling Murmuration Gracefully Flying in Sequence Over Water first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Zoom cat lawyer meets René Magritte in this wonderful artwork immortalizing his now famous phrase. via Johannes GrenzfurthnerFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Je Ne Suis Pas Un Chat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an effort to promote his mobile phone service Mint Mobile, the extremely talented Ryan Reynolds narrated a faux documentary about a man named Alex Roland, who was an early investor in Bitcoin. Roland, it seems bought $500 worth of Bitcoin in 2010. That small purchase from 11 years made...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Mint Mobile Faux Documentary About a Man Who Lost His Bitcoin Password Narrated by Ryan Reynolds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

photo via Gjenge Makers Materials engineer and entrepreneur Nzambi Matee is the founder Gjenge Makers, an environmentally-conscious start-up company in Nairobi, Kenya that makes alternative building materials and products made from plastic waste. One such product is a super-sturdy plastic paver brick that is stronger than concrete and comes in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Nairobi Woman Brilliantly Recycles Plastic Waste Into Paver Bricks That Are Stronger Than Concrete first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the Netflix series Waffles + Mochi, former First Lady Michelle Obama joins her two puppet friends on a worldwide culinary adventure as the titular pair embarks on a journey to become chefs. Having lived in the freezer for most of their lives, Waffles, a fuzzy blue snow monster, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Michelle Obama Joins Friends ‘Waffles + Mochi’ on a Worldwide Culinary Adventure in New Netflix Kids Show first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Maverick in Monterrey, Mexico has created a wonderful interactive audio experience that recreates the bustling ambiance of your favorite bar that includes some of the sounds that so many of us have been missing while stuck at home during the pandemic. Aptly called “I Miss My Bar”, the site includes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘I Miss My Bar’, An Interactive Audio Experience That Recreates the Bustling Ambiance of Your Favorite Bar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Villu Jaanisoo (@villusoo) Estonian sculptor Villu Jaanisoo who lives and works in Finland created a giant sculpture of an extremely elegant elephant, which was made using tons of recycled tires and steel. The sculpture was erected in 2018 and sits inside...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Elegant Elephant Sculpture Made of Recycled Tires first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online retailer AliExpress is selling a very cute set of tiny colorful house-shaped ultrasonic humidifiers that can easily be moved anywhere you go. The humidifiers are charged via USB, which also supports onboard LED lights and a misting fan. 3 in 1 250ml Mini House Humidifier Ultrasonic Car Humidifiers with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tiny House Shaped Ultrasonic Humidifiers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician John D. Boswell of Melodysheep (previously) has created an explosive yet life-affirming video that shows what kind of cosmic events occur within the universe in the same infinitesimal amount of time it takes to just blink an eye. In the fraction of a second it takes to blink your...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Explosive Cosmic Events That Occur in the Infinitesimal Amount of Time It Takes to Blink an Eye first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@smallbuanimation What I think the Mandolorian is About #mandolorian #themandolorian #StarWars #babyyoda #grogu #animation #funny #cute #parody #fyp ? original sound – Smallbu Animation Emmy-winning husband and wife animation team of Lindsay and Alex Small-Butera, collectively known as SmallBu, created an amusing animation that imagines the plot of The Mandalorian...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Amusing Animation About the Plot of ‘The Mandalorian’ Based Solely on Friends’ Twitter Posts About the Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Matt Benedetto of the hilarious self-explanatory parody products site Unnecessary Inventions (previously) has very cleverly conceived the very handy “MagSanitize Pro”, a rather relevant, albeit faux, hand sanitizer dispenser that seamlessly attaches to the back of MagSafe iPhones. This pairing allows the user to frequently sanitize their hands while “on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Handy Subscription-Based Hand Sanitizer Dispenser That Magnetically Attaches to MagSafe iPhones first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Stephanie Sammann of Real Science, who previously took a deep dive into the remarkable yet alien biology of the octopus, set her sights on the incredible biology, social structure, amazing strength and sheer number of ants that exist around the world. Samman also explains why these creatures are so singularly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Biology Behind the Social Structure of Ant Colonies first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Khalid M Shahin and his sister Jameelah created a disconcerting yet quite amusing mashup that brings together the fantastical animated world of Legend of Zelda with the satirical voice of Beavis from Beavis and Butt-Head playing the role of Link. Featuring Beavis as Link. It took me forever...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusingly Disconcerting Mashup of ‘The Legend of Zelda’ With the Voice of Beavis Playing the Role of Link first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Johan Martin (@johanmartinofficial) French pastry chef and instructor Johan Martin creates wonderfully elaborate games, figurines, and fashionable items all out of his delicious medium. His beautiful work includes a chessboard made from croissant dough and pain au chocolat, tiny tuxedoed figurines...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Imaginative Games and Fashionable Figurines Made Using Unique Pastry Techniques first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Jens of Another Perspective has captured wonderfully fascinating footage showing what snowflakes look like while melting in reverse. The images were photographed through ultra macro lenses so as to show every unique detail of each snowflake. Melting Snow Flakes in Reverse and High Detail Macro Photography of Snowflakes I...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Fascinating Footage of Snowflakes Melting in Reverse first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mike James Gallagher of INDEPTH Sound Design (previously) compiled audio footage of legendary Star Wars audio architect Ben Burtt explaining the strategy behind the sound design of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Burtt talks about the origins of the different alien languages, his own cameos in the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Audio Architect Ben Burtt Explains the Strategic Sound Design Behind ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adam selzer (@adamselzer) Tour guide Adam Selzer, a resident of the West Ridge neighborhood in Chicago, got sick of hunting for a parking space during the freezing winter polar vortex weather. This tiring search gave him the idea to freeze various...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Cleverly Uses Frozen Jeans to Save Parking Spaces in His Busy Chicago Neighborhood first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Fred Schultz quite astutely pointed out on Twitter that scenes from two very different classic Disney films looked very much alike. The films The Jungle Book (1967) and Winnie the Pooh (1977) show the respective lead characters of Mowgli and Christopher Robin moving in exactly the same way despite the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Disney Recycled the Exact Same Movement Sequences in Their Early Animated Movies first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While snorkeling in the Red Sea near Hurghada, Egypt, an underwater photographer captured absolutely beautiful footage of a Chromodoris quadricolor, more colloquially known as a pyjama slug. This particular dorid nudibranch is so named due to its distinctive pattern of four specific colors. Chromodoris quadricolor is a species of very...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautiful Footage of a Quadricolored Pyjama Sea Slug Crawling Along the Floor of the Egyptian Red Sea first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An indoor tabby cat who was perched on the back of his human’s chair, suddenly went into alert mode when a pigeon flew overhead outdoors and came into view through a skylight in the ceiling. The spry feline sprung into action, leaping up at the bird in flight for an...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Indoor Cat Is Stopped Cold by a Skylight When Leaping at Pigeon That Was Flying Overhead first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During a livestreamed virtual legal proceeding in the 394th District Court of Texas, presiding Judge Roy Ferguson along with attorneys Jerry L. Phillips and H. Gibbs Bauer were completely taken by surprise when a forlorn, sad-eyed kitten showed up to the video chat. As it turns out, it was attorney...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Attorney Shows Up With a Kitten Zoom Filter Accidentally Enabled During Virtual Legal Proceeding first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matt Shirley (@mattsurelee) Matt Shirley documents every US state’s least favorite state according to his Instagram followers. Related PostsThe Worst Attraction in Every StateThe Best Attraction in Every StateWhat Your Face Covering Says About YouNew York City Artist Alters 50th Street...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Every State’s Least Favorite State first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented pianist Eshan Denipitiya performed an absolutely wonderful tribute to the band Queen with a virtuosic medley of some of the band’s greatest hits. Denipitiya, who is 25 years old and lives in Sri Lanka, was thrilled to find out that the great Brian May had shared his performance on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Virtuosic Piano Medley of Queen’s Greatest Hits first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Brazilian directing duo of José Menezes and Lucas Justiniano, collectively known as CINZA collaborated with Nowness (previously) to create an incredibly moody short film that offers a rare look at daily life in Pyongyang, North Korea during a rainy day. The muted colors and the dreary weather gave the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Short Film That Offers a Rare Look at Daily Life in Pyongyang, North Korea on a Rainy Day first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Unnecessary Inventions (@unnecessaryinventions) Matt Benedetto of the hilarious self-explanatory parody products site Unnecessary Inventions (previously) has completely outdone himself with the “Hook Shot”, an incredibly handy coat hook with a hidden bottle that flips down with the weight of a coat...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Handy Coat Hook That Flips Down to Pour You a Shot first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Engineer Jacob Jackson has created Same Energy, a visual search engine that uses image categories to locate similar, related images. The engine is rather minimalist, requiring few words to garner a search. This spartan environment is specifically by design. We believe that image search should be visual, using only a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Same Energy, A Minimalist Visual Search Engine That Uses Image Categories to Locate Related Images first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Beatboxer verbalase (Adym Evans) visually explains how he transcribes the lyrics of the beats he throws down, perhaps for future use. Much like a lyricist, verbalase takes pen to paper, documenting the mouth sounds he makes for each song, noting both the key and the time structure of the song....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beatboxer Transcribes the Lyrics of His Beats first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jacques Nuzzo of the Illinois Raptor Center captured absolutely adorable footage of a clever little Eastern chipmunk named Hoover who very strategically loaded three giant unshelled peanuts into his very stretchy cheeks. When Hoover realized that only two could comfortably fit, he put the third between his teeth and ran...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Chipmunk Strategically Stuffs Three Giant Unshelled Peanuts Into His Stretchy Cheeks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Lego Truman submitted a highly creative LEGO IDEAS design that reinterprets the iconic Vincent van Gogh painting “The Starry Night” in colorful bricks. The 1,552 piece set reimagines the painting a 3D replication and uses various techniques to capture the distinct brushstrokes of the artist. The set also includes a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Colorful LEGO Reinterpretation of the Iconic Painting ‘The Starry Night’ by Vincent van Gogh first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While stuck in lockdown with their human Scottish broadcaster Andrew Cotter, dogs Olive and Mabel puttered about the house trying to figure out what to do with all their spare time. Olive tried a bit of baking with little success, while Mabel decided to learn to play music. While these...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dogs Olive and Mabel Attempt New Hobbies During Their Spare Time in Lockdown With Their Human first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online retailer Seed Heritage is selling a very cute and clever kids sweater that has a wonderfully illustrated crocodile design. The right sleeve features the jaws of the crocodile with bottom teeth that are revealed whenever the child raises their right arm. Raise your arm to bring the crocodile alive…but...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Kids Sweater With a Crocodile That Opens Its Jaws Whenever the Right Arm Is Raised first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Atta (@attayumfactory) Attaboy, the talented artist, author, co-founder of Hi-Fructose Magazine and friend of Laughing Squid has announced the date for the 2021 Game of Shrooms. As with previous years, this game is a creative scavenger hunt for which artists all...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Game of Shrooms 2021, A Scavenger Hunt For Mushroom Art Hidden by Artists Around the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented bakery designer Natalie Sideserf of Sideserf Cakes (previously) in Austin, Texas quite amiably explained how to make a highly realistic ear of corn on the cob. For even more believability, Sideserft put a nice, sweet pat of butter on top. Natalie Sideserf of Sideserf Cake Studio creates a realistic...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Highly Realistic Corn on the Cob With Butter Cake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly compassionate human behind A Chick Called Albert shared a beautiful visual story about how he spotted a tiny parakeet egg on the floor of a cage at a pet store where only a male was living. The female had already been sold and the egg would not be...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Compassionate Man Rescues a Forgotten Parakeet Egg to Incubate and Raise the Bird by Hand Himself first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Matthew Highton very cleverly recreated the iconic opening credits of The Simpsons using only stock footage available to him, keeping each sequence as close to the original as possible. Highton had previously recreated other television intros in the very same manner. It took a day, but here it is:...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The Simpsons’ Opening Recreated With Stock Footage first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by A Place Called Hope (@a_place_called_hope_raptors) A wayward pelican who was trying to fly south for the winter somehow wandered off course and landed in the icy waters of Connecticut. Luckily, the Connecticut Audobon Society made contact with the raptor rehabilitation center...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wayward Pelican Saved From Icy Connecticut Waters is Flown to Florida by a Mother and Daughter Pilot Team first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The clever little gray and white cockatiel named Wilbur, who previously performed a wide array of tricks with his humans present, sunk a couple of shots in an adorable miniature basketball hoop with a ball made just for him. This is a video of my pet bird playing basketball. He...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Sporting Cockatiel Plays Miniature Game of Basketball first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Super Bowl 2021 ad for the Cadillac Lyriq pays homage to the classic story of Edward Scissorhands. In this updated version Edward’s son, Edgar (Timothée Chalamet) is now the one who is constantly destroying things without intention and creating gorgeous sculptures where they are not needed. When Edgar is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Edward Scissorhands’ Son Edgar Drives Hands Free in a Super Bowl 2021 Ad for the All Electric Cadillac Lyriq first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Rapper and Hamilton actor Daveed Diggs, who is a regular visitor to Sesame Street, returned to visit his muppet crew with a new take on the classic song “People in Your Neighborhood” in an enchanting Super Bowl 2021 commercial for DoorDash. Me and my crew on Sesame Street brought to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Daveed Diggs Visits ‘People in the Neighborhood’ in the ‘Sesame Street’ DoorDash Super Bowl 2021 Ad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Micky Tejada and Epic Symphonic Rock (previously) performed a wonderfully sonorous arrangement of the iconic Black Sabbath song “Iron Man”. At the end of the song, guitarist Charlie Parra del Riego, who was playing his Flying V, added in a bit of harmonic flair reminiscent of the late, greatly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Orchestral Arrangement of Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Nik Ramage, who is a self-described “sculptor of useless machines and absurd devices”, has cast in iron, a disconcertingly realistic disembodied mechanized, and motorized hand with fingers that tap, drum, and do those otherwise mundane rhythmic things that fingers do, but without a brain or body attached. Ramage used...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Disconcertingly Realistic Disembodied Motorized Hand That Taps Its Fingers With a Flick of a Switch first appeared on Laughing Squid.