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Award-winning underwater cinematographer Jarrod Boord (previously) captured absolutely stunning footage of a vigilant cuttlefish closely guarding vulnerable eggs that were perched safely underneath a rock. The cephalopod’s colorful iridescence shined brightly with every protective movement. Related Laughing Squid PostsStunning Deep Water Footage of a Male Weedy Sea Dragon Carrying the Eggs of His Young on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Stunning Deep Sea Footage of a Protective Iridescent Cuttlefish Closely Guarding Eggs Under a Rock first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Helga Stentzel, a talented visual artist in London, creates wonderful vignettes that feature adorable little animals that are made completely out of different variety of foods. Amongst these animals is a puppy made of lettuce, a banana bear peeking out from under a Nutella sheet, an avocado chorus, a pecan bear, a banana elephant, gummy...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Animals Cleverly Created Out of Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2007, illustrator Kirsten Lepore (previously) drew a very detailed animation for the Garrett Davis song “Story from North America” which describes a tough father comforting his sensitive son about a spider in the room. Lepore’s animation hilariously illustrates each and every lyric of the very descriptive song. “Story from North America” by Garrett Davis...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Tough Father Consoles His Sensitive Son About Spider Under His Bed in a Creatively Animated Music Video first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Wolfgang Warsch, creator of the game The Mind, joined forces with fellow game designers Alex Hague and Justin Vickers, who made the game Monikers, created Wavelength, a party game that challenges the players to read each other’s minds through guesses, clues and a 3D dial with a hidden bullseye. Like the best party games, Wavelength...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Wavelength, A Social Guessing Game That Challenges Players to Read Each Other’s Minds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful golden retriever named Hugo who lives in London, UK with his beloved food dispensing, pet photographer human Ursula Daphne Aitchison. The two pose together in a sweet photo series that feature them in matching and coordinating outfits, in adorable vignettes and in seasonal costumes and sometimes Hugo will even pose by himself in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Golden Retriever and His Beloved Food Dispensing Human Pose Together in Adorable Photos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a lofty video essay for Cheddar, producer Patrick Jones explains why the cabim lights are turned out both during the takeoff and landing of a plane. It comes down to a simple, logical safety reason – the need to allow passengers’ eyes to adjust to darkness in case of an emergency, which is more...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Simple Safety Reason That Explains Why Plane Cabin Lights Are Turned Off During Takeoff and Landing first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Swedish outdoor power products company Husqvarna has amusingly launched Timber, the world’s first dating service that matches lonely dendrophiles with beautiful trees from around the world. Those interested in finding the perfect match can browse available the barks and branches online and indicate which one is most appealing by clicking...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter and FlipboardThe post Husqvarna Launches ‘Timber’, An App That Matches Tree Lovers With Available Trees Around the World first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Tesla Motors has introduced the very thoughtful “Dog Mode” for their vehicles. This wonderful dashboard feature not only regulates the temperature inside the car when the engine isn’t running but also proclaims via a large LED screen that the dogs within the vehicle are safe. Introducing Dog Mode: set a cabin temperature to keep your...The post Tesla Introduces a Temperature Regulating ‘Dog Mode’ That Assures Passersby That the Dogs Within Are Safe first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After becoming friends with the skittish fly who got caught in his lovingly homemade web, a very happy Lucas the Spider decided that he was hungry. Lucas turned to his new friend to find out what spiders eat. Without betraying personal safety, the fly took the sweet arachnid on a culinary tour of the various...The post Lucas the Spider and His Brand New Friend the Fly Search the House for Something Yummy to Eat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a very meta nod to the sublime Netflix series Stranger Things and its 1980s nostalgia, Hasbro is releasing a Stranger Things Dungeons and Dragons Starter Kit that will incorporate the adventure that Mike Wheeler started in the first episode of the series. The kit includes includes two Demogorgon figures (painted and unpainted) and character...The post ‘Stranger Things’ Dungeons & Dragons Starter Kit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a hirsute episode of ACS Reactions, a perfectly coiffed Ms. Beautyphile explains the chemical compounds and reactions behind all those crazy crimping, curling and styling products used to make hair so very big in the 1980s. The 80s was a decade full of neon leg warmers, power ballads, and big hair. But how did...The post The Chemistry Behind the Crimping, Curling and Styling Products That Made Hair So Very Big in the 1980s first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the release of the Freddie Mercury biopic in 2018, performers everywhere have been finding unique ways to cover the titular song. Musician Ralph Jay Triumfo hilariously covers the entire song by plucking one note at a time with a pair of chopsticks. He then cut all the chopstick plucking videos together to complete the...The post An Acoustic Guitar Cover of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Plucked One Note at a Time With a Pair of Chopsticks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The visual effects artists of Buttered Side Down have created “Learning to Sculpt”, a very clever stop-motion clay animation that’s told in first person narrative. This person makes anthropomorphic figures out of a block of clay and the number of these figures increases until there’s enough for a soccer game, but no one is in...The post A Clever First Person Stop-Motion Clay Animation About the Consequences of Learning to Sculpt first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When Thomas Penafiel of Sarasota, Florida was notified by his Nest security camera that someone was on his porch, he took off out of his house without shoes or shirt in order to give chase to the couple who stole from him. Once he got close to the alleged “porch pirates”, Penafiel avoided confrontation and...The post Shoeless Shirtless Florida Man Pursues the Pernicious Porch Pirates Who Stole Packages From His Doorstep first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Haru, the rather vociferous and adventurous Shiba Inu dog, engaged in an adorable contest in which she and her human counterpart baby Abram would “Ring the Bell, Get a Treat”. What the parents didn’t anticipate, however, when setting up this little game was Haru’s extremely polite and protective nature of her tiny charge, as she...The post Shiba Inu Politely Waits for Baby to Ring Bell for Treat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Will Burrard-Lucas, a talented wildlife photographer and founder of the remote/trap photography device company Camptraptions made it his mission to capture clear, decisive photographs of a very elusive black leopard (black panther). Burrard-Lucas had heard about this beautiful wild cat but had never seen one up close. This perspective completely changed when Burrard-Lucas visited the...The post Determined Photographer Realizes His Dream of Photographing an Elusive Black Leopard in Africa first appeared on Laughing Squid.

At the end of January 2019, the band Weezer dropped the Teal Album, a surprise compilation album consisting of popular cover songs. One such cover is of the iconic a-ha song “Take on Me”, which is accompanied by an amusing music video that features the members of the Vancouver band Calpurnia as a younger version...The post Finn Wolfhard of ‘Stranger Things’ Is a Teenage Rivers Cuomo in Weezer’s Video for Their ‘Take On Me’ Cover first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the humorously surreal Danny Boyle film Yesterday, a musician named Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) returns from Paris to his rural English town after an unusual electrical event takes place, only to find that The Beatles have been inexplicably completely erased from history. No one knows who they are, even after Malik plays some of...The post Musician Finds Himself in Times of Trouble When The Beatles Vanish From Memory in the Film ‘Yesterday’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The full-length, feature film Tolkien explores the origins of legendary author J.R.R. Tolkien. The author, who lost both his parents by the tender age of twelve, went on to develop very close, deeply felt friendships with fellow outcast schoolmates. Unfortunately, this fellowship bonded under the looming fear of World War I, which threatened to destroy...The post Tolkien, A Film About the Author’s Origins and the Fellowship of Friends Who Highly Influenced His Work first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a hilarious clip from a 1990 episode of the classic British sketch comedy series A Bit of Fry & Laurie, a couple of men sitting in a medical exam room (Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie) emulously try to out analyze each other as they each try to assert themselves as being the only psychiatrist...The post A Pair of Psychiatrists Try to Out Analyze Each Other in a Hilarious 1990 Clip From ‘A Bit of Fry and Laurie’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Sam Tilson of Super Silly Films built a wonderfully charming, giant 3D printed yarn zoetrope for Valentine’s Day that features a heart spewing volcano that fills up boxes of milk that sit above cupcakes with jumping cloud frosting. As the zoetrope turns, the straws from the boxes of milk add a splash of love...The post A 3D Printed Yarn Zoetrope With Crocheted Characters That Fill Coffee Cups With Love for Valentine’s Day first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the wonderfully surreal animation “Extrapolate” by Dutch artist Johan Rijpma (previously), a hand drawn straight line transcends the rigid boundaries of its geometric grid. The line moves ever on, continuing into the physical world, extrapolating and incorporating everything in its path as a part of itself. In this hand drawn animation a line is...The post A Straight Line Transcends the Rigid Borders of Its Geometric Grid in the Surreal Animation ‘Extrapolate’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

I Am Richard Pryor, is an original documentary film that pays honest but heartfelt tribute to the legendary comedian who tackled really difficult issues through humor and blazed a trail for those who came after him. The film features interviews with family, friends and co-workers, all of whom loved and knew Pryor in their own...The post ‘I Am Richard Pryor’, A Documentary That Pays a Heartfelt, Honest Tribute to the Legendary Comedian first appeared on Laughing Squid.

For the seventh year in a row, the folks at Evil Mad Scientist has released this year’s version of their charming, wonderfully geeky, Valentine’s Day cards for 2019 that you can download and print out. As in versions before, the cards embody the cleverly quippy, scientific-y heartfelt spirit that this holiday brings with a unique...The post Nerdy Science and Math Themed Valentine’s Day Cards by Evil Mad Scientist That You Can Download and Print first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In “LEGO: The Great Escape”, a LEGO stop motion animation by Nukazooka, two bored Minifigures decided that they were getting a bit stir crazy inside the playroom and began build a structure that would propel them to the outside. Like those who came before them, a big problem arose for these two – getting past...The post LEGO Minifigure Pals Try to Get Past Their Furry Feline Tormentor in ‘The Great Escape’ From the Playroom first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Michigan horticulturist Andrew Sietsema captured beautiful photos of “ghost apples” that remained hanging from a tree inside a frozen apple orchard. These incredible natural sculptures appear after ice forms around an apple and remain in place, even after the fruit has rotted and fallen out. More ice then forms over the area where the fruit...The post Translucent ‘Ghost Apples’ Created by Ice That Formed Around Apples That Were Hanging From a Tree first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the heartwarming Pixar SparkShorts animated short, “Smash and Grab”, written and directed by Brian Larsen, a pair of job-specific, aging robots who have been working together for a long time on a locomotive, decide that they are going to leave this life behind for the newer models that can easily replace them. Escaping doesn’t...The post Two Aging Robots Try to Escape Life on a Locomotive in the Pixar Animated Short ‘Smash and Grab’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A surprisingly lithe English bulldog named Rudy caught everyone off guard as he swiftly and confidently conquered the obstacle course at the 2019 Westminster Dog Show in New York City. This wonderful breed of dogs can be goofy, sweet, silly and brave, but Rudy’s incredible speed and agility as he gracefully rounds the corners of...The post A Surprisingly Agile Bulldog Conquers the Westminster Dog Show Obstacle Course With Incredible Speed first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Researchers J.A.E Hughes, P Maiolino and Dr. Fumiya Iida from the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge have developed a truly anthropomorphic 3D printed robotic hand to tackle small precise movements, such as playing the piano. While this hand will not be playing any concertos any time soon, it was able to perform basic...The post An Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand Plays the Piano In a Remarkable Demonstration of Digital Dexterity first appeared on Laughing Squid.

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In a digital exclusive from July 2018 for their wonderful crafting series Making It on NBC, former Parks and Recreation co-stars Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler played a rousing game of “Smell That Wood”. For the game, Offerman offered up his skills as a talented craftsman to identify blocks of different woods by smell alone....The post Amy Poehler Challenges Nick Offerman to Identify Different Types of Wood Using Only His Sense of Smell first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Music essayist Trash Theory takes a look a the history of punk rock, focusing specifically on the proto-punk bands that embodied the yet-to-be named genre. Each of these bands wrote songws with minimalist chords, loud guitars and relevant lyrics, laying down the groundwork until the era of punk was officially ushered in with the 1976...The post The Pre-1976, Proto-Punk Bands That Embodied the Punk Rock Genre Long Before It Existed first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese artist KisaragiHutae6 created a really wonderful stop motion paper animation of the classic Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 level. The entire animation was created in his notebook with a bit of old style cutting and pasting onto lined notebook paper. The effect is absolutely amazing. ??????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/560ROIyZcq — ?? ?? 6 (@KisaragiHutae6) February 9,...The post An Impressive Stop Motion Paper Animation of the Classic Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 Level first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Aerial director Toby Harriman, who captured the unique beauty of the San Francisco skyline, has also captured amazing drone footage of the mesmerizing, colorful geometric block towers that have risen up above the city to address housing shortages in Kowloon, Hong Kong. For years I have seen pictures of these public housing/apartment tower blocks being...The post Stunning Drone Footage of the Colorful Geometric Block Towers Rising Up Above Kowloon, Hong Kong first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take a look at the concept of the “Loner Genius”, particularly how its perpetuating mythology gives such individual tacit permission to behave in the most narcissistically dismissive ways possible. The BBC series Sherlock offers an excellent example of such a personality in its title character. Here we...The post How the BBC Show ‘Sherlock’ Strikes Down the Myth That a Loner Genius Doesn’t Need Friends first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In February 2018, the kind souls at the animal rescue shelter “Howl of a Dog” in Resita, Romania reached out to a filthy dog who was wandering around the railyard, do his best to survive out on the streets. Despite the fact that the dog was injured, half-blind, heartbroken and on the older side, he...The post A Sad Injured Dog Living on Romanian Streets Finds a Loving Home With a Family in the United States first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1939, inventor Gilbert Wright created the Sonovox, a talk box that utilized the same general principles of Alvino Rey’s Talking Steel Guitar. Rather than using an amplifier, however, Wright created transducers that were applied directly to the user’s throat and paired with a recording to create all sorts of vocalizations. The legendary Lucille Ball...The post Comedienne Lucille Ball Talks Like a Train in a 1939 Demonstration of the New Sonovox Talk Box first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the economic boom of 2014, the builders of the Sarot Group invested over $200 million to build “Burj Al Babas”, an entire resort estate of miniature Disney-esque castles near the Black Sea Region in the Bolu Province of northwestern Turkey. Each castle sports a turreted exterior and curved staircases over three levels. The group...The post An Entire Village of Miniature Disney-Esque Castles Sits Empty in the Bolu Province of Northern Turkey first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Tanya Stafford set a large soap bubble outside in her snowy Nevada backyard and watched as the bubble froze over into a beautiful, crystallized orb. Sadly the bubble popped shortly afterwards, but Stafford happily performed the feat again and again, each time capturing the almost immediate chemical reaction in hypnotic footage. via Storyful Related...The post Backyard Soap Bubbles Freeze Into Crystallized Orbs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a boding episode, the narrator of RealLifeLore explains how a powerful solar storm could cause a devastatingly massive meltdown of electric grids, systems and devices around the world. The narrator first explains what causes a solar storm, the history of solar storms and what causes solar storms, before launching into the impending technological doom...The post The Impending Technological Doom That Awaits Us When the Next Powerful Solar Storm Hits the Earth first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A little yellow bird named Drigo adorably climbed upon a teeny tiny scooter and took a little ride around the kitchen table. Drigo is part of a family of birds who are all being trained together by their human Matthanjonas. Here’s Drigo and Lucio playing a little basketball. via Storyful Related Laughing Squid PostsA Colorful...The post A Little Yellow Bird Goes for a Ride on a Tiny Scooter first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While diving in Port Phillip Bay in southern Victoria, Australia, award-winning cinematographer Jarrod Boord captured absolutely stunning footage of a male weedy sea dragon carrying the eggs of his young upon his tail while gliding smoothly through the crystalline water. The footage shows how the male is responsible for carrying the eggs. As the female...The post Stunning Deep Water Footage of a Male Weedy Sea Dragon Carrying the Eggs of His Young on His Tail first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1947, the husband and wife filmmaking team of Alexander Hammid and Maya Deren created “Private Life of a Cat”, a beautiful experimental film about a tabby cat who gives birth to five kittens in a box. While the premise is simple, the artistry and creativity behind the film is as beautiful as the mother’s...The post A Fascinating Experimental Black and White Film About a Tabby Cat Giving Birth to Five Kittens in 1947 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Music essayist Trash Theory takes a deep dive into the enigmatic history of The Cure and the band’s frequent forays into radio friendly pop music before once again beating a hasty retreat back to their Gothic roots. Much of this oscillation was caused by moods, fallacies and follies of frontman Robert Smith, whose enigmatic personality...The post How Robert Smith’s Moods Dictated The Cure’s Sound first appeared on Laughing Squid.

What age were you when you first saw the 8 in the middle of the 8 of diamonds? ? pic.twitter.com/GjRLkyl7Vu — Plink (@PlinketyPlink) November 17, 2018 Plink points out that some people may not be aware that there is an eight is hidden in the Eight of Diamonds in certain decks of playing cards. via...The post The Eight Hidden in the Eight of Diamonds first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1980, Talking Heads along with producer Brian Eno, released the song “Once In a Lifetime” to moderate success. With the advent of MTV a year later, the song became wildly popular as a meditative poem to the American middle class. Music vlogger Polyphonic recounts the its appropriately weird history, noting that the whole series...The post The Appropriately Weird History Behind the Iconic Talking Heads Song ‘Once In a Lifetime’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scientist and science vlogger Kurtis Baute set out to prove that the world is round with a simple, yet strenuous experiment using two sticks, an orange and a long straight bicycle ride along a very flat road between Regina and Stoughton in Saskatchewan, Canada. Baute also set up sundials at each location, putting an even...The post Scientist Proves the Earth Is Round Using Two Sticks and an Orange While Bicycling a Saskatchewan Road first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the extreme cold that hit the state of Montana during the first week of February 2019, a pair of humans found that their cat Fluffy had gotten trapped outside somehow. After they found her injured and buried in a deep snow, they brought Fluffy to Dr. Jevon Clark of the Animal Clinic of Kalispell...The post Montana Veterinarian Slowly and Carefully Brings a Frozen, Unresponsive Long Haired Cat Back to Life first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cheddar takes a look at the booming industry of focus music, specifically how these tracks organically minimize distractions by working with the listeners brain. This is less invasive than it sounds, as the same concept is used with musack. According to Kevin Woods, director of science for Brain.fm, the best music for concentration is completely...The post How Focus Music Is Designed to Minimize Distractions first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dave Packer of Sheepfilms (previously) has created “Baguette Locomotion”, an amusing animation that imagines how the thin loaves of crusty bread would move if they could. Packer then asked others to determine the best of the four options he put forward. One response received Packer’s tacit approval. Here's a survey. How would a baguette move?...The post A Wonderfully Amusing Animation That Imagines How Baguettes Would Move If They Actually Could first appeared on Laughing Squid.