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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.

The Brick Wall (previously) previously built an incredibly convenient LEGO wrapping paper machine that accurately measures exactly how much paper to cut by scanning the dimensions of the gift itself. They have since further enhanced this remarkable machine, turning it into a factory with measuring, cutting, taping and wrapping stations...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Automated LEGO Present Wrapping Factory first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British Columbian nature and wildlife photographer Maxwell Hohn spent a remarkable four years documenting the dangerous, underwater journey that Western toad tadpoles have to make in order to mature into a fully grown Western toad. It begins as the newly hatched youngsters begin their evolutionary instinctive way toward land. As...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Documenting the Evolutionary Journey That Western Toad Tadpoles Must Take to Become Fully Grown first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Obvious Plant (@obviousplant) Comedian Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant (previously) has created a highly realistic fake line of plastic and collectable toys, many of which have a very irreverent, if not macabre theme to them. Several of these “fake” items are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cleverly Irreverent Fake Toys by Obvious Plant first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an odiferous Ted-Ed lesson that was written by Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti and directed by Avi Ofer, narrator Alexandra Panzer explains how the expulsion of bodily gases is not only a smelly but necessary part of biology. For humans, it can provide a sense of comfort and relief...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Animals Use Farts As Odiferous Deadly Weapons first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Randall Munroe of xkcd created a colorfully illustrated chart that shows which appliances coordinate with which specific actions. The graphic also humorously shows what the appliances will do to those actions that do not coordinate with their intended usage. Related PostsThe Various Varieties of Vegetables by Pop Chart LabThe Filmography...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Illustrated Chart Showing Which Household Appliances Coordinate With Specific Actions first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When outdoorsman Gil Lancour of Cranmoor, Wisconsin came across a frightened doe who had gotten herself stranded in the middle of a frozen pond, he very carefully walked up behind her and began gently sliding her forward to the shore. The exhausted animal remained in a defensively folded position as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Compassionate Man Saves a Deer Stranded in the Middle of a Frozen Pond by Sliding Her Across the Ice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The resident penguins of different varieties at the Saint Louis Zoo took a short but enriching field trip across the snowy path in order to go visit the polar bears who live in a different area. The flightless birds took their time on this spontaneous trip, enjoying the snow that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Penguins of the Saint Louis Zoo Take an Enriching Field Trip to Visit the Resident Polar Bears on a Snowy Day first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the Jimmy John’s ad for Super Bowl LV, the self-proclaimed “Cold Cut King” exquisitely played by the very funny Brad Garrett finds that the sandwich franchise is beating him at his own game. The mobbed up gangster isn’t at all pleased by the competition and is very happy to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Brad Garrett Plays a Mobbed Up Cold Cut King Who Declares War on Jimmy John’s in a Super Bowl 2021 Ad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A thoughtful sulcata tortoise named Patton was very helpful in flipping over his testudinal brother Sherman, who had landed upside down after chasing after something that caught his interest. Patton just gave Sherman a gentle running nudge and all was right again. Sherman and Patton are brothers, when Sherman tips...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Thoughtful Tortoise Flips His Brother Right Side Up first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Google has announced that they will be rolling out a wellness component to their Google Fit app by providing Google Pixel phone users with the ability to use their cameras to check their heart rates and their respiratory rates at any given time. Users just have to position themselves properly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Google Fit Is Adding a Feature to Check Heart and Respiratory Rates Using a Mobile Phone Camera first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented guitarist Andre Antunes, who previously turned televangelist Kenneth Copeland’s rants into a respectably rocking heavy metal songs, returned to apply the same treatment to another the preacher’s sermons. This time it was evangelist Mark Driscoll, who was proselytizing about the proper way a man should treat a woman in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Talented Guitarist Turns a Sermon by a Preaching Evangelist Into a 1980s Heavy Metal Ballad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A humorous Super Bowl LV ad features the very funny Will Ferrell getting the news that Norway was the world leader in the production of electric vehicles, the bearded comedic actor strongly objected to this news and shared his anger with neighbors Keenan Thompson and Awkwafina. The three make a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Will Ferrell Travels to Norway to Pick a Fight About Electric Vehicles In General Motors Super Bowl 2021 Ad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a solemn clip from the PBS show Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas, narrated by Thomas Haden Church, a tiny elf owl showcases his ferocious prowess as he sets out into the black night in search of food for his waiting family. The elf owl is considered the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Ferocious Hunting Skill of the World’s Smallest Owl first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly novel Nike GO FlyEase is a modern constructed two-part shoe with a hidden hinge that can easily be put on and taken off without the use of hands. The front and back parts of the shoe are held together by a thick tension band that runs around the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Nike GO FlyEase, A Creative Hinged Shoe That Can Be Easily Put On or Taken Off Without Using Your Hands first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by burpzine (@burpzine) Food stylist Erik Vernieuwe and photographer Kris De Smedt of Burp have created a “wienerrific” photo series that recreates familiar and/or iconic scenes from various forms of pop culture and fine art with hot dogs in differnt states of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Pop Culture and Fine Art Recreated With Hot Dogs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Toy filmmakers 5MadMovieMakers broke the established Guinness World Record for the “Most Loop-the-Loops in a Hot Wheels Track” with a toy car that performed ten amazing loops without interruption on a single, consecutive track. Toy car completes ten loops in a row for the world record. Filmed with a GoPro...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Filmmakers Break Guinness World Record for the Most Loop-the-Loops on a Hot Wheels Track With Ten Loops first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Auto enthusiast WhistinDiesel took a bright candy apple red Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and equiped the $54,000 sports car with aluminum wheels that look like they were from a traditional old-time buggy. The spoked wheels were supercharged with the power of 700 horses behind it, making the car appear to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Auto Enthusiast Equips a $54,000 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat With Spoked Aluminum Buggy Wheels first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While speaking with Ian Michna of Jenkem Mag, legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog expressed his admiration for those who continually persevere in their quest to conquer certain skateboard tricks, and their acceptance of having to fail over and over before they are successful. Herzog also told Michna that, while he never...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Legendary Filmmaker Werner Herzog Expresses His Admiration for Those Who Persevere at Skateboarding first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Spot, the incredibly nimble four-legged robot by Boston Dynamics (previously) that can accomplish an amazing variety of functional tasks, has a new appendage. This handy Spot Arm can easily manipulate doors, gather laundry and trash, can turn switches and levers on and off, along with other household chores. Grasp, lift,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Boston Dynamics Introduces a New Arm For Their Spot Robot That Can Help With Household Chores first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During a 2006 concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, legendary guitarist David Gilmour invited singers David Crosby and Graham Nash to join him onstage to provide their powerful vocal harmonies to a moving performance of the iconic Pink Floyd song “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”. This footage is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post David Crosby and Graham Nash Join David Gilmour in a Harmonic Version of ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.