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Animal behaviorists Julia E. Meyers-Manor, Emily M. Sanford and Emma R. Burt conducted a fascinating experiment in which individual humans sat in a room with a clear door that could be easily pushed open. Each of the humans pretended to be in distress in full view of their respective dogs to see how they would...The post A Fascinating Experiment Showing How Dogs React When They Perceive Their Human to Be in Distress appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story tells the remarkable history of Ralph Teeter, a brilliant electrical engineer who needed to rely upon others to drive him around due to his blindness. During a series of nausea-inducing rides due to the fuel sparing 35 MPH rule, it occurred to Teeter that there might be a way to efficiently keep...The post How a Blind Electrical Engineer Was Inspired by His Inefficient Driver to Invent Cruise Control appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While performing at The Troubadour in Hollywood, California, legendary musician Joe Walsh explained the process he used while writing his iconic song “Life’s Been Good” to an appreciative live audience. He first mentioned how the song was a combination of other songs he was planning to write, which explains why each musical part is so...The post Musician Joe Walsh Hilariously Explains the Meaning of ‘Life’s Been Good’ to a Live Audience appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Uri Burstyn, aka the Helpful Vancouver Vet, who previously demonstrated several different ways in which to properly pick up a cat, responded to a specific question about carrying a cat like a baby. Using the shoulder-loving Mr. Pirate to demonstrate, the kind doctor responded affirmatively but offered a few cautionary words about safety for...The post Why It’s Okay to Hold a Trusted Cat Like a Baby appeared first on Laughing Squid.

David Klass came across this hilarious tribute to “Whip It” by Devo. I don’t know who shot this photo or were these wonderful works of art are located, but it looks like a gallery/museum I need to visit! Toby the Whippet Sets a Guinness World Record for the Fastest Time to Pop 100 Balloons by...The post Whippet, Whippet Good appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a volatile episode of of The Slow Mo Guys, hosts Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy set up and detonated a series of explosives around the School Of Mines in Golden, Colorado. The video culminated in an incredibly massive chain reaction explosion, which they captured in slow motion at 200,000 frames per second. This video...The post An Incredibly Massive Chain Reaction Explosion Captured in 200K Frames Per Second Slow Motion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While appearing on the “Judge Cuts” segment ofThe post Talented Cats Perform Amazing Acrobatic Feats With Their Humans on ‘America’s Got Talent’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In her ongoing quest to create gourmet versions of popular foods, Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz of the Bon Apétit series Gourmet Makes, found her sweet spot in creating a gourmet version of the iconic Oreo cookie while staying true to its original charm. These charms include the distinctive snap of the...The post Pastry Chef Creates a Gourmet Version of the Iconic Oreo Cookie That Stays True to Its Original Charm appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Creeping from r/Cinema4D Canadian artist Justin LeDuc created a digital rendering of a hovering gigantic Grim Reaper grasping the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, wrapped a red robe. This creeping Golden Gate Reaper looked so real, a number of people thought that it was. The misconception was furthered by the fact that the footage...The post A Creepy Hovering Gigantic Grim Reaper Menacingly Grasps the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While performing live in Vancouver, the band Toto played a really great cover of the Weezer song “Hash Pipe”. This comes just six weeks after Weezer performed a live cover of the Toto song “Africa” on Jimmy Kimmel Live at the behest of a Twitter campaign started by Mary Klym, a 15 year old girl...The post Toto Performs a Live Cover of the Weezer’s ‘Hash Pipe’ Six Weeks After Weezer Covered Toto’s ‘Africa’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Music writer Polyphonic, who creates incredibly informative video essays introduced a lot of people (myself included) Carol Kaye. Kaye was a rare female in the world of session musicians, but she made a name for herself very quickly with her prodigious ability to play guitar and bass. Throughout her career, Kay worked with Phil Specter...The post How Prolific Session Musician Carol Kaye Created Some of Music’s Most Iconic Guitar and Bass Lines appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of the television and film analysis site ScreenPrism posited a very interesting question regarding the Planet Earth series of videos narrated by Sir David Attenborough, particularly why it has continually ranked higher than popular scripted shows such as Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad ? In answer to their own...The post How the Anthropomorphic Storytelling of ‘Planet Earth’ Lets Humans Feel Empathy for the Animals appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Wildlife photographer Peter Haygarth staked himself out on the edge of a body of water at the Zimanga Private Game Reserve in South Africa for over 15 hours in order to see what would come his way. The wait was worth it and his resulting images capture the reflective serenity of thirsty lions taking a...The post Wildlife Photographer Captures the Reflective Serenity of Thirsty Lions Drinking Water at Night appeared first on Laughing Squid.

One of the star automotive engineers of Garage 54 decided that he would replace the rear tires of his much-experimented car with giant metal coil springs welded to the rims and then go for a ride around his hometown of Novosibirsk, Russia. He found the ride to be very smooth, albeit a bit distracting. This...The post Russian Automotive Engineer Replaces the Back Tires of His Car With Giant Metal Coil Springs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An fiercely protective dog named Ollie who lives in Warrington, Cheshire UK, made it very clear to his humans that, while he loves watching television, he’s not altogether very fond of cats. To prove his point, Ollie got up close to the television and barked rather loudly at a commercial that featured an animated cat...The post TV Loving Dog Angrily Barks at a Commercial That Has an Animated Cat Strutting Across the Screen appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a middle of the road departure from their usual revolutionary rock/heavy metal style, the incredible Wackids performed a cheerful toy instrument cover of the 1985 Huey Lewis and the News single “The Power of Love” while standing in front of a DeLorean (the song was featured in Back to the Future). That’s the Power...The post A Cheerful Toy Instrument Cover of the 1985 Huey Lewis and the News Single ‘The Power of Love’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their Educational Construction Series, the Japanese model company Tamiya has created a wonderful centipede robot kit that will slither its way into the hearts of kids and adults alike. The robot is housed in a blue plastic casing, with segmented body pieces and flexible filament legs that help propel movement in any...The post A Slithering Centipede Robot Kit With a Segmented Body and Flexible Legs to Help Propel Movement appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An adorably mischievous dog named Bonnie was given a ping pong paddle with a GoPro camera mounted on it by her human Carmen Michelle, then hilariously decided to make a run for it while her sibling canine took off in pursuit and her amused humans tried to catch up with the both of them. A...The post Mischievous Dog Takes Off With GoPro Mounted on a Ping Pong Paddle That Her Humans Gave to Her appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In another one of their highly insightful video essays, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of ScreenPrism shone a light on the highly toxic relationship that existed between brothers Jimmy and Chuck McGill of the sublime series Better Call Saul. They specifically focus on how the audience is brought into the relationship at the time where...The post How the Toxicity of Their Relationship Lit the Spark to the Demise of Brothers McGill in ‘Better Call Saul’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Vat19, who are known for their giant gummy products, has created The World’s Largest Gummy Pizza that they are selling by the slice (each slice weighs 28 pounds). This massive pizza is based on the normal sized gummy pizza that is available at Vat19. The Gigantic Gummy Pizza Slice is 28 pounds of solid gummy...The post The World’s Largest Gummy Pizza appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Max Bakker, a Master Cicerone (beer expert, educator and sommelier) explains the specific manner in which bottled beer should be poured into a glass so as to avoid stomach ailments and bloating later on. The key is to release the CO2 within the brew. The best indication of this is a nice, foamy head. If...The post How to Pour Bottled Beer Into a Glass In a Manner That Specifically Prevents Stomach Bloating appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The online cinema-themed retailer Film and Furniture obtained the official license to create custom reproductions of the iconic David Hicks designed, hexagon carpet from the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film The Shining. This design comes in a 240x170cm (8’x5′) rug for $3,275, a 75x250cm (2’x8′) runner for $2,096 and carpet for about $580 per meter. The...The post Iconic Hexagon Design From ‘The Shining’ Perfectly Reproduced as Custom Rug, Runner and Carpet appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Jason ? (@smashpop) on Jul 28, 2018 at 2:11am PDT Amongst the Annamese Mountains outside of Da Nang, Vietnam sits a bridge that appears to be suspended by a pair of giant, cradling hands made of stone that were made to look aged by the sun. Known as the Golden Bridge,...The post Pair of Giant Cradling Hands Suspend a Golden Bridge in the Bà Nà Hills Near Da Nang, Vietnam appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A heartbreakingly prescient narrated video by Great Big Story tells of the legendary mime Marcel Marceau and how he skillfully employed his silent craft to assist the French Resistance in their fight against the Nazi invasion of their country. After his town fell and his father was sent to Auschwitz, Marceau and his brother became...The post How Iconic Mime Marcel Marceau Skillfully Used His Craft to Help the French Resistance Fight Off Nazis appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedian, actor, artist and commentator Jim Carrey returns to acting in the Michel Gondry directed Showtime series Kidding. Carrey plays an affable children’s television host (in the order Mister Rogers) and brand name, Mr. Pickles. All is going well until his family life starts to disintegrate before his eyes, requiring him to employ emotional tools...The post Jim Carrey Plays a Baffled But Kind Children’s Show Host in the Michel Gondry Showtime Series ‘Kidding’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of their 60th anniversary, historians at NASA have put together a wonderful video record documenting its origins, its movement from committee to agency, the governmental support provided by President Eisenhower, their early projects, the impressive amount team cooperation and the immense amount of discoveries made over the past six decades. Congress passed the...The post A Wonderful Historical Video Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of NASA Becoming an Official Agency appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Boston Pizza (@bostonpizzacanada) on Jul 23, 2018 at 10:59am PDT The Canadian pizza company Boston Pizza has ingeniously created the “Pizza Patio“, a set of tiny outdoor plastic patio chairs that accompany the table-like plastic separator that keeps the box from mashing the pizza. Many a person over the years has...The post Canadian Pizzeria Brilliantly Creates Tiny Patio Chairs To Go With the Tiny Box Separating Table appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Curious about the physics behind a dog’s ability to go from a prone position to all fours in less than a second, Matt Mikka of Warped Perception decided to capture slow motion footage of this event using both his regal German Shepherd April, who likes to bite at water and Mr. Cool, an adorable long-haired...The post The Remarkable Speed in Which Dogs Rise Up on All Fours From a Prone Position Shown in Slow Motion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the Iron Fist season two teaser trailer, a distracted Danny Rand becomes triggered by visual cues from a New York City street and steeps him within a memory of a violent battle presumably taking place in his Himalayan homeland of K’un Lun. When Danny’s girlfriend Colleen Wing notices his distress and asks him about...The post Danny Rand Gets Distracted by a Memory of a Violent Battle in ‘Iron Fist’ Season Two Teaser appeared first on Laughing Squid.

?????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/8eoudIxiLY — ??????? (@ride_hero_) July 26, 2018 A student in Osaka, Japan who goes by the name ride_hero on Twitter has posted several photos of his highly disturbing, yet really cool superhero action figures that he makes out from the shells of dead insects and crabs. One of his favorite mediums appears to be...The post Japanese Student Creates Disturbingly Cool Superhero Figures Out of Insect and Crab Shells appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter took a look at the iconic visual appeal of Darth Vader. Puschak specifically notes that despite limited screen time (33 minutes and 41 seconds), tendency to blend in with the foreground along with the writing, acting and the voice of James Earl Jones, Vader became...The post How the Visual Appeal of Darth Vader Helped to Make Him One of the Most Iconic Villains of All Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the short 3D stop-motion cardboard animation “Fire in Cardboard City” by New Zealand filmmaker Phil Brough, an earnest fire chief, his cat and his team attempt to save their city from burning to the ground after a car caught fire on a major highway. Unfortunately, because everything is made of cardboard and therefore highly...The post A Cardboard Fire Chief Tries to Save His Cardboard City From Burning in an Amazing 3D Animation appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Kirby Fergusone of Everything Is a Remix offers an excellent explanation of the word “diversity”, how diversity of thought can solve the most complex of problems, how different people with different paradigms will use different tools to address issues, and diversity will always win. Diversity wins because it is a better way to solve complex...The post An Excellent Explanation Showing How Diversity of Thought Can Solve the Most Complex of Problems appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Leapfrog & Daffodil (@makinlikeshrimp) on Mar 27, 2018 at 5:22pm PDT A beautiful black cat appropriately named Leapfrog because she literally leaps over the exact same spot in her human’s house no matter what or whom is put in her way. Items like a giant plush bear, a stack of Girl...The post A Nervous Cat Leaps Over the Same Spot Every Single Time No Matter What Gets Put in Her Way appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Airbus (@airbus) on Jul 19, 2018 at 7:17am PDT Airbus has introduced into their enormous fleet an adorably designed cargo plane that looks like a cartoon Beluga whale that delivers a smile to the friendly skies. First conceived in 2014, the Beluga XL oversized air transporter made its maiden voyage on...The post An Adorably Designed Oversized Airbus Cargo Plane That Looks Like a Smiling Cartoon Beluga Whale appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When multimedia artist Sue Austin lost the use of her legs in 2002 and began using a power wheelchair, she was surprised to learn that other people didn’t share the same sense of freedom as she. Instead, she told an audience at a TEDxWomen event, she decided to see how far she could push this...The post An Inspiring Woman Who Lost the Use of Her Legs Discovers a Unique Freedom In Deep Sea Diving appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While competing upon famed beaches along the Skeleton Coast in Namibia, professional surfer Koa Smith impressively rode an amazing single eight barrel wave for an incredible two minutes and covered nearly a mile in distance without interruption. Koa Smith on the best wave of the day at Skeleton bay, getting 8 barrels on 1 wave,...The post Expert Surfer Koa Smith Impressively Rides a Single Wave For an Incredible Two Minutes Straight appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Photojournalist Chad Nelson who works KARE 11 in Minneapolis, Minnesota shared absolutely adorable footage taken by Erin Richter of his two year old boy Conway gleefully tossing a ball over the fence to a very playful Labrador retriever named Dozer on the other side. Dozer was more than happy to return the favor by passing...The post Two Year Old Boy Gleefully Plays a Reciprocal Game of Fetch With a Dog On the Other Side of a Fence appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Haru, the vocal Shiba Inu who was confused and visibly annoyed by a fidget spinner and who toppled over 1,000 dominoes tried a taste of bubbly seltzer water, perhaps to quench the thirst of his previous popcorn binge. It only took a couple of sips before the dog hilariously decided it really wasn’t for him....The post A Skeptical Shiba Inu Determines He Doesn’t Like Fizzy Seltzer Water After Trying It for the First Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Kevin Parry, a stop-motion animator at LAIKA, demonstrates 50 different ways that people wake up. Previously he demonstraed the different ways people sit on a chair, enter a room, walk and drive. Pomplamoose Does a Cover of Wham’s ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’ To Celebrate Launch of Their Patreon PageLocal Houston Furniture Dealer Generously...The post 50 Different Ways People Wake Up appeared first on Laughing Squid.

ThinkGeek has released a wonderfully nostalgic version of the classic game of Trivial Pursuit that features the fabulous The Golden Girls. On the cover of the box, the smiling faces of Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), Rose Nylund (Betty White), Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) sincerely thank you for being a friend...The post A Fabulously Nostalgic Version of Trivial Pursuit Focused on Everything That Is ‘The Golden Girls’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

You can’t heal somebody’s pain by trying to take it away from them. Megan Devine of Refuge in Grief has created a truly insightful animation that offers helpful advice around consoling a friend who may be grieving. Rather than telling them to cheer up or look on the bright side, Devine suggests that a simple...The post How Simply Acknowledging Another Person’s Pain Can Help Them More Than Telling Them to Cheer Up appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their ongoing series of deconstructing the individual personalities of the characters on the now-classic sitcom series Friends, film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism too a deep dive in to the enigmatic character of Phoebe Buffay. Phoebe’s eccentricity is incredibly nuanced and layered with a deep sense of fairness, a strict dogma and...The post How Phoebe Buffay’s Layered Enigmatic Eccentricity Forces Her ‘Friends’ to Be True to Themselves appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an arterial report from Vox, multimedia producer Carlos Waters explains in a good amount of detail how city planners are putting roads that are currently fat with extra lanes, on a diet. Essentially, as the automobile grew in popularity, the roads across the United States became wider in an effort address increasing traffic, yet...The post How City Planners Are Addressing Traffic Issues by Slimming Down City Streets Fat With Extra Lanes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Attendees of the annual Parookaville music festival were caught by surprised when a small tornado hit the host town of Weeze, Germany. The strong winds sent their empty tents aloft, above the festival in a colorful circle along with trash from the ground. While this situation was certainly quite inconvenient for reveillers, at least the...The post A Small Tornado Sends Tents Flying High Up Into the Air at the Parookaville Music Festival appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Conservationist, entomologist and television host Phil Torres of Jungle Diaries, who spent two years in the Peruvian Amazon, captured on video the remarkable sight of flocks of colorful butterflies swarming around the faces of turtles, truly looking as if they were animated characters out of a Disney film. As it turns out, these lepidopteran insects...The post Gorgeous Footage of Colorful Butterflies Drinking the Tears of Turtles Along the Peruvian Amazon appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A sweetly good natured Siberian Husky named Cymber of fluffyhuskytales became a bit puzzled when a wayward butterfly landed upon her big, beautiful nose. This strange invasion caused the dog to make herself adorably cross eyed as pondered getting a closer look. As the little Lepidoptera climbed further up her brow, Cymber completely froze. Luckily,...The post Puzzled Husky Goes Adorably Cross Eyed While Pondering a Butterfly That Landed on Her Nose appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Minnesota wildlife photographer Brent Cizek was returning to shore after spending the day scouting background locations on Lake Bemidji when he spotted a mama Common Merganser (species of large duck) swimming along with a giant brood more than 50 ducklings following dutifully behind. Luckily, Cizek had his camera ready to go and was able to...The post Minnesota Photographer Captures the Unusual Sight of a Mama Duck With a Giant Brood of 76 Ducklings appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The human belonging to a beautiful Siberian husky named Gohan documented an amusing compilation of a week’s worth of mornings. On each morning which he woke up to an intently staring Gohan who indicated that he wanted to go out as soon as his human stirred. On each day, Gohan also let out a few...The post Yawning Husky Intently Stares at His Sleeping Human Until He Wakes Up to Take Him Outside appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While driving down a busy Sheridan, Colorado highway, motorist Tye Adams captured the unusual sight of a black SUV that had fallen into a large sinkhole. At first the vehicle laid on its passenger side for a bit before the entire vehicle was swallowed whole. With traffic driving by nonchalantly, the back of the SUV...The post Large Sinkhole on a Busy Colorado Road Completely Swallows an Entire Sports Utility Vehicle appeared first on Laughing Squid.