Because robots and AI are all the rage as we ramp up preparations for a self-imposed robot apocalypse, this is a video of a robot developed by researchers at Chicago’s DePaul University that mimics a seal’s flopping locomotion to move forward. The researchers, led by mechatronic engineer Dimuthu Kodippili Arachchige,

This is in image of a leaf sea slug (Costasiella kuroshimae) captured by underwater photographer Alex Mustard, revealing its uncanny resemblance to Shaun The Sheep. I mean minus the peacock feathers. Honestly, I think it’s just the face. Some more info from Alex, including the animals deceptively diminutive size: My

This is a drone video from Vancouver, British Columbia, where Youtuber mactac was trying to capture some scenic footage of a mountain range when he inadvertently captured an avalanche flowing down the mountain like water. Talk about being in the right place at the right time! Or, if you were

This is a video of a tenrec at the Cincinnati Zoo taking a dust bath in a tiny bathtub. How precious! And it’s so deliberate and thorough with it’s cleaning too! If I were even half as thorough maybe my pits wouldn’t smell like chili cheese dogs with extra onions.

I’m pretty sure I posted this on Geekologie many moons ago, but it’s resurfaced like a mermaid trying to lure me into the water and my death by its hungry shark friends, so I’m tempting fate and posting it again. It’s a video of a red octopus battling a swimmer

This is a news report about a bear in Earls Cove, British Columbia that, clearly inspired by Cocaine Bear, broke into a Jeep and proceeded to drink 69(!) out of the 72 sodas present there. I say drank but most likely it smashed the cans and licked up what it

This is a video captured by the kind folks of the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center Veterinary Hospital in Roanoke of a female opossum growling, presumably upset about having to take a trip to the doctor. I’m right there with you, Ms. Opossum, I growl the entire time until I get

This is a video of Theo Jansen’s latest Strandbeest: a caterpillar that’s pulled behind another wind-powered mechanical sculpture, inch-worming its way across the sand. Could you imagine if you were enjoying a pleasant beach day and a Strandbeest walked by? That would be wild. Even wilder if it tried to