I’m sure by now you’re all familiar with Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests, right? Giant kinetic moving sculptures that convert wind energy into movement, usually in the form of tens of walking legs? Well now Theo has introduced Strandbeest Evolution 2021, a new line of beests, some of which can take to

This is a video of an equine trio playing a little improvisational jazz on an electronic keyboard. The one in front of the instrument really seems to enjoy playing, while the one behind the keyboard seems more determined to eat one of the black keys. Regardless, this is a concert

Because Mother Nature is even trippier than dropping acid at Cracker Barrel, this is a video detailing the process by which honeypot ants turn some females into repletes — living storage tanks full of nectar for when food is scarce. Nectar can both be added to and fed from the

This is a video of a cute romp (or levy or lodge) of otters reacting to a human vacuuming, chasing and retreating from the sucking attachment as it’s operated. How precious. You know, these otters actually remind me a lot of myself. “Watching somebody else vacuum and doing no work

This is a video of Stanley the emu of Useless Farm performing a high energy interpretive dance like he’s on fire, with Jamiroquai’s ‘Canned Heat’ added afterwards. It’s crazy to think Stanley came up with that dance without any actual music playing. That’s the sign of a true master of

This is some Ring home security cam footage of a curious bear jumping the fence into a pigpen to see if the pigs will share some of their delicious slop with it. Unfortunately for the bear, the answer is no, and two pigs take turns rushing it until it decides

This is a video from Youtuber Horace Zeng of a colony of fire ants using glass gravel to “pave” a piece of sticky tape so it can be walked across. Per Horace, who I’d like to believe isn’t just an ant torturer, because I saw those ants getting stuck to

This is a video from the rainforests of Costa Rica (let’s go see some poison dart frogs in situ!) of a ziplining kid accidentally hitting a sloth. Thankfully, he was able to brake before making contact, and the sloth was fine. They’re like tanks. Super slow-moving tanks that only come