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Science vlogger Kyle Hill (previously), amusingly debunks the myth that cats scratch at the living room couch with their claws in order to sharpen them. Instead, Hill explains the lesser-known biological reason as to why cats are driven to stretch out their claws on softer surfaces. Cats shed their claws....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Cats Really Sharpen Their Claws first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by aleia (@aleia) Aleia Murawski and Samuel Copeland, filmmaking artists who create elaborately detailed miniature worlds for snails, have released a book showcasing their work. The book, entitled Snail World: Life in the Slimelight is a full-color pictorial that celebrates an alternative,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Snail World: Life in the Slimelight’, A Photo Book Showcasing Elaborate Scenes Built Solely for Snails first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Boxlapse Films (previously) put together a wonderful timelapse that features a sunflower growing from seed to flower over the course of 83 days, set to a cool soundtrack of instrumental jazz. As the sprout pushed through the soil and ever upward, it appeared to be dancing to the music. One...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Timelapse of a Seed Growing Into a Sunflower Plant Dancing to a Cool Soundtrack of Instrumental Jazz first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Einstein the Texan Talking Parrot, who previously asked the neighborhood squirrels to talk to him and believed himself to be a chicken, quite amusingly perched himself on the television set and asked his human what he was doing. When the human stated that he was drinking coffee, Einstein gurgled a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Inquisitive Parrot Asks About the Color of Coffee first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British architecture firm Tonkin Liu built the Singing Ringing Tree (previously), a towering sculptural tree made of metal tubes that sits on a hill above the town of Burnley, England. Whenever the wind blows, this metal sculpture begins to sing and ring in a calming timbre. The Singing Ringing Tree...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Towering Sculptural Tree Made of Metal Tubes That Sings and Rings as the Wind Blows at Sunset first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Just a little over a month after the tragic death of guitar legend Eddie Van Halen, his 29 year old son Wolfgang (Wolf) released his debut single “Distance”. The song and its accompanying video pay a heartbreakingly beautiful tribute to the late greatly missed artist with deeply personal references and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wolfgang Van Halen Pays a Heartbreakingly Beautiful Tribute to His Late Father In His Debut Single ‘Distance’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorably confused goose named Tony, who was hatched by a chicken after his mother abandoned him, hilariously barked loudly back at a rather vocal dog in order to let the rowdy canine know who’s boss. Tony the goose was hatched by a chicken after he was abandoned as an...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Confused Goose Hilariously Barks Back at a Vocal Dog first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In November 2010, Megan, then fiancée (now wife) of Randall Munroe, the illustrator behind the brilliant webcomic xkcd, received the devastating diagnosis of stage III breast cancer. Throughout her eight months of treatment, several xkcd comics covered the diagnosis, treatment options, T-Cells, gaining perspective, getting tattooed for radiation, fear of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Powerful Comic About Living Past a 10 Year Milestone After Being Treated for Breast Cancer in 2010 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As the SpaceX Dragon spaceship with NASA and JAXA crew members traveled to the International Space Station as part of the historic SpaceX Crew-1 mission, the astronauts onboard revealed that a fifth occupant had joined them on their adventure. This little stowaway, a small, plush version of “The Child” (“Baby...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Baby Yoda Serves As Zero-Gravity Indicator on SpaceX Crew-1 Mission to the International Space Station first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician James Hancock performed the theme to “Interstellar” on a 12-jet hydraulophone, an woodwind-style instrument that is also known as an underwater pipe organ. The instrument was invented by the “father of wearable computing” Steve Mann at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Performs the Theme to ‘Interstellar’ on an Underwater Pipe Organ Known as a Hydraulophone first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Luís Azevedo and Jake Cunningham of Little White Lies offer a heartfelt tribute to the public phone booth, noting how they played a big role within many a film. The phone booth was used as a center of momentary respite, a focused location, a vehicle for transportation, a place to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Heartfelt Tribute to the Role of Phone Booths in Films first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Jack Bowers created an incredible optical illusion with a 3D mural of a Necker Cube, an ambiguous drawing that appears to change shape depending upon the viewing perspective. Bowers’ work ranked seventh out of ten in the 2019 Optical Illusion Contest. This video asserts that we must question our...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Disconcerting 3D Graffiti of an Ambiguous Necker Cube first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the 2016 Cheltenham Music Festival in England, audio researcher Jay Harrison set up his bespoke Electromechanical Lithophone to play a pitch perfect individual note rendition of the Paul Simon song, “You Can Call Me Al” and the ELO song “Mr. Blue Sky”. Electromechanical Lithophone performing Paul Simon’s “You Can...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Electromechanical Lithophone That Plays Individual Notes in the Round Performs ‘You Can Call Me Al’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ?? ? (@kohcooking) Japanese food artist Koh Ikeda creates soft, comfy egg blankets that he drapes over adorably sleeping animals that he made out of rice. Ikeda likes to have fun with food and seeks to please children (and grown ups)...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Japanese Food Artist Drapes Comfy Egg Blankets Over Adorably Sleeping Animals Made of Rice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jonothon Lyons (@jonothonlyons) Performer Jonothon Lyons hilariously dresses up like a giant rodent named Buddy and scurries around New York City streets acting like a typical subway rat. This means sniffing around food (particularly pizza), creeping up upon and scaring unsuspecting...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Performer Perfectly Personifies a NYC Subway Rat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British department store John Lewis, who are known for their wonderfully creative annual Christmas adverts, partnered with Waitrose and Partners grocery in a heartwarming, multimedia holiday advert that is centered around an original song entitled “A Little Love”, and performed by Celeste, promoting kindness as its overall theme. Each vignette,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post British Retailer John Lewis Asks That We Show a ‘Little Love’ to Others in Their Creative 2020 Christmas Advert first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly touching Coca-Cola Christmas commercial, directed by the great Taika Waititi, features a devoted father who has to work at a remote location far away from home during the holidays. Before he leaves, his young daughter asks that he mails a letter to Santa Claus. Unfortunately, the father misses...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Devoted Father Attempts to Deliver Daughter’s Letter to Santa in a Coca-Cola Christmas Ad by Taika Waititi first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by SHOK-1 (@shok_1) British artist SHOK-1 free painted “Airhead” a hypnotic black, white, and gray wall mural in Hackney, London that features a floating balloon with a superimposed X-Ray of a human skull over it. SHOK-1 utilizes this particular theme in his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Hypnotic Street Mural of a Floating Balloon With a Superimposed X-Ray of a Human Skull first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The talented musicians of Vitamin String Quartet performed a lively outdoor cover of the song “I Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man. The ensemble has previously covered other popular songs such as “Enter Sandman” by Metallica, “Clocks” by Coldplay, and “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk. via The Awesomer Related...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post String Quartet Performs a Lively Outdoor Cover of the Song ‘I Feel It Still’ by Portugal. The Man first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Brandon Acker, who previously explained the ancient Arabic Oud and performed on a Theorbo Lute, sat down with harpsichordist Jason Moy to learn more about the instrument. Moy explained how the harpsichord is different from the piano and performed several lovely passages throughout the interview. In this episode of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Lovely Introduction to the Harpsichord first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Neil Bromhall (previously) of the Oxford, England plant identification database Right Plants has created a mesmerizing timelapse that shows the remarkable process of a monarch butterfly emerging from a cocoon and spread wings for the very first time. Bromhall stated that this event occurred under controlled circumstances. This sequence was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Mesmerizing Timelapse Showing a Monarch Butterfly Emerging From a Cocoon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Trainer Omar von Muller (previously) shared a video that shows all the amazing tricks that his dog Monkey has learned during his first year of life. Monkey, the wonderfully graceful Belgian Malinois who successfully completed an ‘American Ninja Warrior’ style obstacle course, had to learn a great deal in order...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Compilation of 60 Amazing Tricks That Monkey the Dog Learned In His Very First Year first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rob The Original (@robtheoriginal) Rob the Original (previously) is an incredibly talented barber in San Antonio, Texas who creates elaborate patterns and designs for his clients with the creative use of his clippers, dye, or a combination of both. Known as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Elaborate Hair Designs by Rob the Original Barber first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New Orleans street performer Nolatron quite seamlessly transforms himself from a yellow robot into a four-wheeled vehicle that drives in circles around the street using a hoverboard. In 2019, Nolatron toured his amazing act across the US, stopping in places such as Ann Arbor, Indianapolis, and Philadelphia before returning home...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Street Performer Transforms Himself From a Yellow Robot Into a Four Wheeled Vehicle Using a Hoverboard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A woman very cleverly dressed up as a giant kangaroo and proceeded to teach a young joey how to properly jump in a manner similar to what a mother kangaroo would do. When the lesson was over, the joey happily jumped into a red bag that the woman held as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Woman in Kangaroo Suit Teaches a Joey to Jump first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Federico Clapis (@federicoclapis) Italian artist Federico Clapis created “Crypto Connection”, a provocative bronze sculpture of a pregnant woman’s torso that features an in utero fetus holding a smartphone. While technology plays a large part in Clapis’ work, he doesn’t specifically state...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Provocative Bronze Sculpture of a Pregnant Woman’s Torso With an In Utero Fetus Holding a Smartphone first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The legendary Terry Gilliam appeared on Bob Godfrey’s Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show in 1974 to share how he creates the distinctive cutout animations that were consistently featured throughout Monty Python films and episodes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The young Gilliam very calmly explained each step of his process while...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Terry Gilliam of ‘Monty Python’ Explains His Distinctive Cutout Animation Methods on a 1974 Television Show first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Devoney Scarfe Food Artist (@devoneybakes) on Apr 26, 2020 at 4:28pm PDT Food Artist Devoney Scarfe creates absolutely scrumptious pies that are wonderfully detailed with themes from books, films, television, and other pop culture resources. Scarfe, who had done elaborate cakes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Homemade Pies That Feature Pop Culture Themes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Kirby Ferguson (previously), creator of Everything is a Remix, bravely took a deep dive into the endless conspiracy theories on the internet for his “This is Not a Conspiracy” project. In doing so, he spent numerous hours digging further and further down the rabbit hole and came to the educated...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Why Conspiracy Theories Are Constantly Debunked first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Daniel LaBelle amusingly demonstrated what life would look like if people sprinted rather than walked. While people could certainly burn more calories on a daily basis doing this, it would be rather difficult for some, while others may feel like they’re reenacting a video game. My impression of what...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Demonstration of What Life Would Be Like If People Sprinted Instead of Walked first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A truly gorgeous, brightly colored Sally Lightfoot crab sat upon a Galapagos Island beach and efficiently cleaned up all the local algae and decaying organic litter from the sand while hunting for food. This particular symbiosis comes from a natural partnership that these crabs have with their environment. Their job...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Brightly Colored Crab Cleans Algae From the Beach first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Nobody is Normal” by filmmaker Catherine Prowse (previously) is a touching animated short film that shows that everyone, even the most popular kids in school, has something that makes them different from everyone else and that these differences should be celebrated out loud. Remember, nobody is normal, and however weird...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Touching Animated Short Film That Reminds Us That Everyone Has Their Quirks Because ‘Nobody Is Normal’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A truly determined calico cat named Marilyn repeatedly climbed onto an ice covered lake to see if she could capture the body of a carp that was frozen just under the surface. The feline tried her best but soon vocally turned to her bemused human for help. Unfortunately, the ice...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Determined Calico Cat Repeatedly Attempts to Retrieve a Fish That’s Frozen Under the Icy Surface of a Lake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Former prima ballerina Marta C. González Saldaña remarkably remembered a ballet routine she played over 60 years ago as soon as she heard the music from “Swan Lake”. Saldaña was being treated for Alzheimer’s at a clinic in Valencia, Spain when her movement therapist from Asociación Música para Despertar gave...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Former Ballerina With Alzheimer’s Remembers Ballet Routine When She Hears the Music From ‘Swan Lake’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Owen Reiser captured an absolutely stunning timelapse of the mushrooms that were growing in his backyard over the course of eight months. Calling it his “lockdown project”, Reiser captured over 10,000 images of the blooming fungi and spent a great deal of time putting it all together. This short...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stunning Timelapse of Backyard Mushrooms Growing first appeared on Laughing Squid.

James Blackwood, the self-described “Raccoon Whisperer” and retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) constable, was mobbed by at least 30 hungry raccoons when he decided to step out into the freezing weather with a basket full of hot dogs on his lap. Each raccoon waited somewhat patiently for their turn...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Kind Man Gets Adorably Mobbed by Raccoons While Feeding Them Hot Dogs on a Cold Nova Scotia Night first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Omar von Muller, a very skilled animal trainer taught a graceful dog named Monkey to run an extremely challenging American Ninja Warrior style obstacle course that involved such skills as memory, balance, and even a good handstand. This type of obstacle course takes a great deal of training. Luckily, Monkey...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Graceful Dog Successfully Completes a Challenging ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Style Obstacle Course first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Diego J. Rivas (@diegojrivas_) on Aug 6, 2020 at 9:55am PDT Diego Rivas, a polyglot and dental student in Houston, Texas demonstrated how people hear languages they don’t speak by reciting gibberish in a variety of different languages. Rivera deliberately employed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Polyglot Recites Gibberish in Multiple Languages to Show How People Hear Languages They Don’t Speak first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Nandi Bushell, the amazing musical prodigy who challenged Dave Grohl to a drum battle, finally got a chance to speak with Grohl face-to-face via video chat organized by The New York Times. Grohl was happy to meet Nandi, was wonderfully deferential to the little girl’s immense talent, asked to write...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dave Grohl Invites 10 Year Old Music Prodigy Nandi Bushell to Perform on Stage With the Foo Fighters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Spanish professional golfer Jon Rahm made an absolutely incredible shot in which the ball lightly skipped over a water trap pond and rolled onto the green for a short jaunt into an amazing hole-in-one. This shot took place on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 during the 84th Master’s Tournament at the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Golfer Makes Incredible Pond Skipping Hole-in-One first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a surprise “One More Thing” at the end of the November 2020 Apple Event annoucing the new Apple M1 chip, a bare-faced John Hodgman (previously) hilariously reprised his role as PC guy from the classic Apple “Get a Mac” campaign that ran from 2006 to 2009. The freshly shaved...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post John Hodgman Returns As the PC Guy in the ‘One More Thing’ Portion of the November 2020 Apple Event first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Edible Art by Liz joy (@inspiredtotaste) on May 3, 2020 at 11:59am PDT Dessert designer Liz Joy of Inspired to Taste tells the stories of classic fairy tales and memorable books using the elaborate pies she bakes and decorates using her...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dessert Designer Tells Stories With Elaborate Pies first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented DIYer Yang Ausherman of Tofugami shared a wonderful video tutorial showing how to make a highly believable Alien Facehugger mask completely out of rubber bands. Yang was challenged by her husband Shawn to make this mask for him for his Halloween costume and she certainly came through. This is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make a Rubber Band ‘Alien’ Facehugger Mask first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Multi-instrumentalist AcousticTrench (previously) stepped outside into a field of flowers on a beautiful autumn day and played “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles on kalimba for his faithful rescue dog Maple. Maple looked completely charmed by the serenade. via Miss Cellania Related PostsA Helpful Tutorial That Shows How to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Serenades His Dog With a Kalimba Cover of ‘Here Comes the Sun’ on a Beautiful Autumn Day first appeared on Laughing Squid.

No Reading Allowed: The WORST Read-Aloud Book Ever by authors Raj Haldar (rapper Lushlife) and Chris Carpenter is a really clever book that takes a humorous look at homophones, homonyms and the use of punctuation in each situation. Like their previous book P Is for Pterodactyl, this book further expands...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘No Reading Allowed’, A Clever Book That Looks at Homophones and Homonyms in a Humorous Way first appeared on Laughing Squid.

3D animator Alvaro Gracia Montoya of MetaBallStudios (previously) created a fascinating visualization that compared the size of cities around the world. Montoya used urban area data from Demographia to order the cities by size. Welcome to this video that shows the sizes of some cities by Urban area, not just...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Visualization Comparing the Size of Cities Worldwide first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scientists at the Leiden Institute of Physics in The Netherlands studied natural catalytically propelled colloidal microswimmers (microcosms that move in liquid). They noticed that these tiny swimmers were mostly spherical in nature and wanted to find out if other shapes would also work the same way, particularly since microswimmers could...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scientists 3D Print Microscopic Star Trek USS Voyager and Other Objects That Move on Their Own in Liquid first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While he was part of the regular cast of the classic public television series The Electric Company, the great Morgan Freeman played a number of distinctive characters who entertained while educating. This included a singing vampire named Vincent and a smooth talking radio, Jimi Hendrix styled deejay named Mel Mounds...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Morgan Freeman Plays a Smooth Talking Disc Jockey on a Classic 1971 Episode of ‘The Electric Company’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tesla & Tycho (@teslatheminiaussie) on Oct 7, 2018 at 1:07pm PDT The very clever little miniature Australian shepherd named Tesla, who previously rolled up like a burrito in a tortilla blanket, is also a very athletic pup and enjoys being workout...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Active Dog Happily Works Out With Her Beloved Human first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the hilarious short film “Brentwood” about the ongoing (fictional) feud between the great Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data) and the equally great LeVar Burton (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge). The two both worked together on Star Trek: The Next Generation but after that things were never the same. Spiner...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Brent Spiner Pledges to Change His Ways While Trying to Outdo LeVar Burton in the Short Film ‘Brentwood’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.