Because life, uh, finds a way, this is a video of two chimps at a zoo using a fallen tree branch to retrieve an apple floating in a pond, too far to reach by hand. That’s some solid tool usage right there. I imagine most humans presented with the same
The EasiBridge is a one-man deployable ladder bridge capable of spanning gaps up to 18-meters (59-feet). The 165-pound bridge certainly appears to be one-man deployable, but I doubt it’s one man portable unless that man also has the strength of four men and the stamina promised by gas station boner
This is a video of what appears to be a homemade tow-behind snowplow doing its thing. Its thing being plowing snow, just to be clear. I’m not entirely sure what it’s made of, but if I had to guess, I’d say 100% ingenuity. Or a brick with a couple long
This is a short clip of a Guatemalan chef demonstrating how to open an avocado with some well placed hand pressure, without the need for a knife. That’s handy(!), because knives and I do NOT get along. Honestly, I’m lucky to still have seven fingers. Still, I’ll probably still open
This is a short clip of New York Knicks player Josh Hart using the back of Celtics opponent Jrue Holiday for a 3-point assist after committing to a jump shot and realizing he’d get an up-and-down traveling call if he didn’t do something with the ball. So he bounces his
Because all work and no play makes Jack basically me, this is a video of a man dismounting a roof by using two long straight poles and a shovel under his ass to slide back down to the ground after finishing his work up there. Very clever. Although what I
This is a video of Tom Scott riding the elevator at the New Town Hall in Hannover, Germany, an elevator that follows the 17-degree curvature of the cupola dome to the observation tower at the top. The elevator was originally constructed in 1913, and gutted and fitted with a new
This is a compilation of clips from a trail-cam in Yellowstone National Park of wolf parents bringing “toys” back to the den after a hunt to calm their anxious pups. Usually in the form of bones and antlers, but also the occasional tree branch. Some more details about the behavior