These are two videos of a member of kendama (the traditional Japanese wooden toy) performance group Densho DEN-SHOW successfully cupping the balls of 40 toys simultaneously. I have also included a video of him previously doing 30. So do you think when he’s practicing for the next big feat he
This is a video of pet octopus Marty (who I believe is an Octopus bimaculatus, aka Verrill’s two-spot octopus) opening a closed jar just moments after being exposed to one for the first time. That’s impressive. How we knew to turn it is beyond me, and certainly beyond my roommate,
This is a video of a sweatered, pleasantly smiling gentleman displaying his skills with a metal bo staff. He starts off super slow to demonstrate the hand movements he makes to control the staff before going buck wild and spinning that thing like a pinwheel in a tornado. Honestly, that
This is a short clip of my Australian fantasy friends How Ridiculous flying a drone through a tractor tire as it’s speeding down a steep hill. Could I have done it? Given enough tries, absolutely. Just to be clear though, I’m not going to be the one responsible for hauling
This is a video of an Australian Shepherd named Promise performing a number of household chores around the house, including making the bed, feeding the cats, vacuuming, loading the dishwasher, and doing laundry. Promise’s caretaker Mary says the clever girl isn’t actually tasked with performing the chores while she’s away,
This is a video of two elderly gentlemen proving they’ve still got it (and never didn’t have it) by demonstrating their skills with a Chinese jianzi (think a cross between a hacky sack and badminton shuttlecock), keeping it off the ground with ease using their feet, heads, and, at one
This is a video of dancer Hittesh Patel demonstrating his skills with a couple very impressive tutting performances (tutting references King Tut, because the angular hand movements resemble the poses seen in ancient Egyptian stone reliefs). Now that is some serious coordination. I can’t even walk and chew gum. Pat
Proof that there is a fountain of youth and some people have drank from it, this is a video of an elderly gentleman joining a break dance battle in Las Vegas while Nirvana’s ‘Lithium’ plays. He’s certainly got the moves — he reminds me of Christopher Walken dancing in Fatboy