This is a video of a honey buzzard eating the larvae out of a beehive while all the bees panic and attack. The birds have specialized shield feathers around their faces to help prevent stings. This video reminds me a lot of myself while I’m eating the entire pumpkin pie

This is a video of Youtuber Mattias Krantz attempting to teach an octopus named Tako to play the piano over the course of six months. That’s a long time. Like a quarter of an octopus’s life. If I spent a quarter of my life trying to learn something, I’d like

This is Ze Frank’s ‘True Facts: The Science of the Praying Mantis’, an incredibly in-depth look at the lives of praying mantises, discussing everything you’ve ever wanted (and not wanted) to know about them. Not to brag about my own amateur entomology or anything, but most of this stuff I

This is a video of feline behaviorist Amanda Campion of Cats.com (I miss Cat Fancy magazine) discussing and demonstrating how to properly pick up a cat, which thankfully does not involve hanging out by their water dish or litter box and asking if they come here often. She also discusses

Because, just in case you forgot, this IS the internet, these are two videos (I can only assume there’s a frightening amount more) of cat owners playing their felines like bagpipes. It just so happens both the cats in the videos are orange tabbies. Do orange tabbies make the best

This is a 1000x magnification of tardigrades (aka waterbears) hatching. The mother tardigrade produces the eggs then sheds her skin with the eggs inside, which are protected until hatching. They’re also trapped and have to find their way out of the skin or die. The whole hatching process takes about

This is a video of a robotic spy octopus built by John Downer Productions for the BBC/PBS series Spy In The Wild capturing the daily activities of a coconut octopus. And what exciting daily activities they are! The coconut octopus is unique in that it’s one of only two species

This is a video of cats experiencing thick water for the first time. What’s thick water? Water that’s had a thickening agent like xanthan gum or modified cornstarch added to make it more viscous for people with dysphagia (a medical condition that makes it difficult to swallow non-viscous liquids without