This is a photo of Twitter user @aleashuhh’s cat performing a fairly convincing version of the detachable thumb trick — except with an entire leg — thanks to a tucked paw and the fortuitous position of a dog bone. In @aleashuhh’s own words: “Nearly had a heart attack.” Obviously, I

This is a Nest doorbell cam video from the Maryland home of Betsy Mahaffey See, who received a phone notification in the night that somebody was detected at the door. I like how the mantis nibbles on its foot a little bit before providing a closeup of its abdomen, that

This is a ‘best of’ hornet flight video compiled by nature videographer Luthar Lenz using footage he’s shot in the past. It looks so wild it’s almost hard to believe it’s real and not just a modern remake of Honey I Shrunk The Kids. At 2:00 some other species of

Note: Volume on. Because the internet will never stop kitten around, this is a video of longhair and shorthair tabby cats licking their way to a heart shape made out of some sort of delicious looking food paste, as viewed from underneath a glass table. Unsurprisingly, the shorthair gets there

This is a timelapse video of a tarantula molting that’s at just the right speed for the spider to have that sort of terrifying jerky movement that gives you the heebie-jeebies and wait — is that an erection?! “It’s from earlier!” How much earlier? “When you blew in my ear.”

This is a short video of a contortionist riding a scooter with his feet somehow behind his back. That does not look comfortable. Or safe. If you crash, both those legs are broken AND you’re gonna need all new teeth. Me? I like my teeth the same way they were

This is a video from The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s Deep RelaxOcean series of guided relaxation videos, this time focusing on the movement of a deep sea vampire squid. Personally, I did not find it very relaxing. I find everything about the deep sea terrifying, and just thinking about

This is a video of two ring-necked parakeets having a sweet, humanlike conversation with each other and making kissy sounds. They sound like lovebirds! Like, two people in love, not actual lovebirds because lovebirds generally aren’t talkers. Man, birds are nuts. It’s almost hard to believe the government went through