These are several videos of bear caretaker (beartaker) Jim Kowalczik on the grounds of the bear-oriented Orphaned Wildlife Center in Otisville, New York hanging out with Leo, a Syrian brown bear who has formed a special bond with Jim. Don’t give it any cocaine! Some info about the center and

Hands down one of my favorite internet cats of all time, this is a video of Maru demonstrating his ability to melt himself into glass fishbowls. Man, he is GOOD at it. If I were half as good at anything as Maru is at melting into fishbowls, maybe I’d have

Because sometimes you need a palate cleanser (or vaccine) after exposure to the rest of the internet, this is an 8-minute compilation of baby goats jumping around in slow motion at the Sunflower Farm Creamery in Cumberland, Maine. According to one of their caretakers, “The amount of effort a baby

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 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.

These are a couple videos of a raven named Odin (of course) at the Tropical Butterfly House in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, producing abstract paintings, using her beak to pick up and use a brush. Admittedly, I wouldn’t mind having an Odin original hanging in my home. “That was painted

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