Lori Dorn
Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.
Abandoned Baby Sloth Clings Tightly to a Plush Version of Himself In the Absence of His Mother
A tiny male baby two-toed sloth whose mother could no longer care for him, has bonded with a plush version of himself in her absence.…
22 Year Old San Francisco Student Crafts Unique Colorful Guitars Using Recycled Skateboard Decks
22 year old Nick Pourfard, a full-time student and self-taught woodworker in San Francisco, has married his love for skateboarding and music with Prisma Guitars…
Mischievous Cats Cole & Marmalade Demonstrate the Many Wonders of the Cardboard Box
The ever-mischievous and wonderfully intelligent duo of Cole and Marmalade demonstrate the many wonders of the cardboard box as viewed through the feline eye. Chris…
‘Racing Extinction’, A Spectacular Slide Show of Endangered Animals Projected Onto the Empire State Building
On August 1, 2015, the Oceanic Preservation Society in partnership with Discovery, created “Racing Extinction“, a spectacular event in which slides of endangered animals were…
Devoted Dog Snuggles Up Under the Blanket Beside His Sleeping Human Toddler in Her Crib
When Kristin Leigh went looking for her beloved dog Raven, she found the devoted canine fast asleep, snuggled under the blanket right next to her…
Adorable On-Point Illustrations That Express the Value of Sleep to Those Who Aren’t Morning People
A post shared by Lingvistov (@lingvistov) on Sep 30, 2017 at 10:24am PDT Landysh, in-house artist for the language learning company Lingvistov has created a…
Swincar Spider, An Extremely Nimble Off-Road Electric Car With Flexible Tilting Technology
The French company Mecanroc has created the Swincar Spider, an extremely nimble and ecological electric car that can tackle all sorts of nature with its…
New Yorker Kaila Mullady Named the World Female Beatbox Champion at the 2015 Beatbox Battle World Championships
A remarkably talented woman named Kate Mullady from New York has been named the 2015 Female World Beatbox Champion by the Beatbox Battle Championships that…
Woodworking Engineer Creates An Endless Moving Set of Wooden Stairs for His Toy Slinky
Canadian woodworking engineer Matthias Wandel recently built a wonderfully fun hand-cranked moving set of wooden stairs to create an escalator for his toy Slinky. While…
Underwater Videographer Discovers a Enormous Floating Ball of Squid Eggs off the Mediterranean Coast of Turkey
While diving off the Mediterranean coast of Fethiye, Turkey, underwater photographer and videographer Lutfu Tanriover of Derin Underwater Film discovered an enormous gelatinous mass that…