In other avian news, this is a video of the winners of the European Gull Screeching Championship, a contest in which humans do their best seagull impressions. The competition appears to have been even fiercer than a gull fight over a french fry this year, with 60 bird impersonators from
This is a video highlighting the life of Chappy, a greater (I would argue the best) roadrunner that lives in Texas and comes to the door of wildlife rehabilitator Heather every morning. Chappy was rescued as a chick and returned to the wild, but comes to bring Heather a gift
This is a clip from The Animal Box Office of a wild chameleon in Madagascar changing its vibrant color through all the hues of the rainbow over the course of three minutes. It goes from orange to pink to green to yellow to blue to grey and finally back to
Captured on video by the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s remotely operated submersible SuBastian, this is the first ever video of a colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) in its natural habitat. The juvenile squid was filmed at a depth of 600m in the South Sandwich Islands (I love sandwiches) about 1,100 miles northeast
A partnership between Anchorage Solid Waste Services and the Alaska Zoo, this is a video of a group of Kodiak bears testing the bear-resistance of a new trash can. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the cans stand little chance against the massive 700+ pound bears. These aren’t those bears in the commercials that
This is a video of an allegedly wild raccoon playing jazz on a Pet Piano, a $200 smart pet feeder *spit takes cat kibble* that rewards pets for playing and can be auto-tuned so each key press plays a melody, or performs any song you want. In this case, the
This is a video highlighting the ball-loving life of golden retriever Finley Molloy, who holds the Guinness World Record for most tennis balls held in a dog’s mouth, with a very respectable six. For reference, that’s six more than I can hold, and I’ve tried. Just getting one past my
Cats: they’re born rulers. And what better way to demonstrate their sovereignty than forcing their owner to build them forts? This is a video of Chris Burton of Half-Asleep Chris (I’m 95% Asleep Jack) building ten different forts for his cats Ralph and Bella using (in order): cardboard shipping tubes,