A barred owl in Arlington, Virginia recently flew down a family’s uncapped chimney (that’s your bad) and perched atop their Christmas tree, knocking the star topper to the side and taking its place. Admittedly, that’s a great Christmas tree topper. In other news, apparently somebody’s going to be a freshman

This is a video from a thermal imaging drone that was used to help locate Chibs, a golden retriever that had gone missing from his family’s home in Coventry, Rhode Island for 16 days. The drone camera was volunteered by Andre Rocke, owner of Four K Videos. Some more info,

This is a heartwarming video of Instagram user thatboysnipes23 surprising his mom with her favorite ice cream: Private Selection Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, which was apparently out of production for years. At first she guesses he got her flowers or Super Bowl tickets, but then she’s even MORE excited when

This is a clip of Cornish Rex cats Arya and Keiko playing a game of leapfrog with each other on a giant exercise wheel. Hey, whatever keeps them active and burns those calories. “I burn calories eating.” Garfield! “What?” Put down the lasagna, Jon has let this go on long

This is a video from the fun-loving Aussies of Youtube channel How Ridiculous attempting to start a lawnmower with a cable attached to a cannonball. Does it work? Yes. They also attach several other things to cannonballs to see what will happen, including a mannequin and attempting to pull a

The work of artist Thomas Deininger, this is a video of a sculpture of an endangered blue-and-yellow macaw that looks just like the bird from the front, but from the side reveals layers of carefully selected toys and non-recyclable plastic trash. Thomas’s work “thoughtfully addresses environmental concerns and critiques mass

This is a video edited by game developer John C. Worsley, who used a bunch of clips from Star Trek: The Original Series to have the characters perform John Lennon’s ‘Happy XMas (War Is Over)’. And while the Vietnam War is over, war as a whole most certainly isn’t. And,

This is some home security cam footage from Stephanie Niles, who, after returning from buying a Christmas tree and dropping it off in the driveway, was convinced someone had stolen it after she went back outside to park the car in the garage later that evening and it was gone.