This is a video of nature lover and photographer Mark Bowler getting up close and personal with a snake-mimic caterpillar (Hemeroplanes triptolemus), which has evolved an ass that looks like the head of a venomous pit viper in order to avoid predation. I’d say that works. I’m not even interested
These are a couple videos from Youtuber Wizardhead, who used AI to transform clips from Teletubbies and You Can’t Do That On Television (of people getting slimed, including Alanis Morissette) into HP Lovecraftian nightmares. As far as videos to watch to get you and your significant other in the mood,
This is a video captured by an unmanned rover operated by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) featuring a previously unseen species of crown (Atolla) jellyfish. Crown jellyfish my ass — somebody call Samus! This particular metroid lives at depths between 3,323 to 10,463 feet (or about 2 to
This is a video from TikTok user taylahrobb and friend kaceymeehan01 each attempting to slam a 16oz Sprite without exploding (previously: this dude). They don’t do a great job, although they don’t do a terrible job either. Per Taylah: “My tummy hurts.” And Kacey: “I can’t do it.” Then she
Seen here in his finest Mr. Rogers wardrobe, this is a video of Pittsburg animator and recent Jeopardy contestant Julian Glander singing the alphabet song backwards and in reverse so that when played back in reverse it sounds like he’s singing the regular song. Just not very well, mind you.
This is a short video of three cats frozen in battle over a dead bird on a rooftop. If they didn’t move at the end I would have assumed this was just a Renaissance painting. Love those things. Especially the tasteful nudes. Those alabaster boobs — painted almost as if
Because Mother Nature never ceases to shock and awe move and inspire, this is a video of a visitor at Zuroloma Birding in Pichincha, Ecuador handfeeding several birds, including a masked flowerpiercer (the blue bird with red eyes), and a sword-billed hummingbird. Look at the beak on that thing! You
I’m sure by now you’re all familiar with Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests, right? Giant kinetic moving sculptures that convert wind energy into movement, usually in the form of tens of walking legs? Well now Theo has introduced Strandbeest Evolution 2021, a new line of beests, some of which can take to