While touring the Sand River in the MalaMala Private Game Reserve at South Africa’s Kruger National Park, safari guide and photographer Reggi Barreto captured the remarkable sight of a rather cheeky turtle fearlessly informing invading lions stopping for a drink to promptly leave his swimming hole. The tiny terrapin first…
The Incredible Immortality of the Fresh-Water Hydra
An enduring episode of the KQED series “Deep Look” examines the hydra, a tiny, seemingly immortal organism that lives in tropical freshwaters. The hydra has neither eyes nor brain but does have a big mouth and an uncanny ability to regenerate every part of itself despite the most catastrophic injury….
Couple Builds Beloved Cat His Own Personal Bedroom With Matching Blankets and a Working Television
Twitter user CinnamonBear9 shared photos of an amazing personalized bedroom that they built for their beloved tuxedo cat. The room, which was built in the corner of what appears to be a dormer space, features a braided rug, a little bed on a wooden frame with fluffy pillows and a…
Homeowners Find a Giant Monopoly Board Painted on the Floor While Tearing Out the Carpet
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Reddit (@reddit) Gamer Yamaha234 shared on Reddit a surprising discovery that his in-laws made underneath the carpet of a room in their home. The couple had been tearing out the carpet when a giant Monopoly board that was pained directly onto…
A Clever Custom Storage Cabinet Inspired by the Classic 1964 IBM 2401 Magnetic Tape Unit
Swedish artist and craftsman Love Hulten (previously) has created a commissioned cabinet that is a near replica of the IBM 2401 Magentic Tape Unit. While reels are non-functional, every bit of this remarkable piece is a replica of the original machine from 1964. The cabinet itself offers ample storage space…
A Brilliant Funk, Big Band and Talk Box Cover of the 2001 Daft Punk Song ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’
Los Angeles Funk band Scary Pockets partnered with Frankfurt Radio Big Band to perform a brilliant cover of the 2001 Daft Punk song “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”. Singer Swatkins effortlessly performed all the vocals using a talk box with his mouth. A funk cover of Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster,…
Resourceful Beaver Gnaws Off the Large End of a Tree Branch When It Won’t Fit Through the Door
A very resourceful beaver named Filbert, the “branch manager” at the Oregon Zoo located the perfect wooden branch for himself and his faithful partner Maple the “stick broker”. Sadly, the branch did not fit through the doorway. For others, this would present a problem but Filbert quickly gnawed off the…
Graceful Water Droplets Captured in Super Slow Motion
Photographer Jens of Another Perspective (previously) captured super slow motion macro footage of graceful drops of water falling into coffee, milk and oil. Water Droplet Macro Art – Mixing water droplets with milk, coffee, and oil droplets, filmed with macro lens and high speed camera at 20.000 frames per second.