Is there anything better on a hot day than splashing around shirtless in a kiddy pool in your front yard with a cold beverage and a hoagie, waving at everybody that goes by and thoroughly embarrassing your family? There is not, that is one of life’s simple pleasures. This is
Nature: it never ceases to amaze. This is a video highlighting the unrequited love of Gonzo, a tabby cat who wears a camera and is known for bringing his humans gifts of trash. Well, it turns out he also brings garbage gifts to a lady cat named Simone, who consistently
This is a video of bee lover Alisha Bixler removing a bee hive home to an estimated 40,000 bees from behind a bedroom wall. I wonder how long it took the homeowner to realize the previous owner hadn’t just left a vibrator in the wall. I love watching people who
Another day, another never-before-seen video of an underwater alien (previously: a colossal squid). This time, a living specimen of a Gonatus antarcticus squid that was filmed at a depth of 7,000-feet in the Southern Ocean while shooting a video for National Geographic. The species was only previously described via dead
This is a video from WIRED of entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware answering questions about insects that were submitted by internet users, including could cockroaches survive a nuclear war? Do dragonflies and flies coordinate their flight while mating? Why do crickets chirp? Are tarantulas dangerous? PLUS MORE. Sooooo much more. I
In a modified version of the Stanford marshmallow experiment (in which children were told they would receive a second marshmallow if they could avoid eating a first for a certain period of time), researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory at the University of Chicago have determined that cuttlefish can pass
This is a video (complete with dramatic text overlay) of a tortoise that gets knocked on its back by another tortoise (presumably after casually mentioning his girlfriend has a nice shell), and left to flail there until a tortoise pal comes along to right him. It takes some doing, but
Ever wanted to watch a carnivorous sundew plant eat a Haribo gummi bear? Well you’re in luck, because that’s exactly what this video from Interesting as FCK is. Plus some flies in the beginning as an appetizer. 😋 The plant took over 30 hours to dissolve and eat the gummi