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.
Clever Cockatoos in Sydney Learn How to Open Garbage Cans by Copying Each Other
Researchers in Sydney, Australia have discovered that sulphur-crested cockatoos cleverly learn from one another by copying what the other does. This was fully demonstrated with…
A Tiny V8 Car Engine Carved Out of Wood
Generic Woodworking has carved out a tiny replication of a V8 engine to scale. This lilliputian engine is in addition to the much larger project…
Detailed Embroidered Felt Food Sculptures
Polish textile artist Alicja (Alice) Kozlowska creates fantastically detailed reproductions of popular foods using embroidered felt.
A Colorful Compendium of 3D Animated Critters
British animation director Andy Martin (previously) took the time he had off during the pandemic to create a whole assortment of weird but wonderful characters,…
3D Animations of Classic Atari 2600 Video Games
Graphic artist Mauri Helme has quite amusingly created 3D animations of classic Atari 2600 video games, including Pitfall, River Raid, Frostbite, Keystone Kapers, and the…
The Naughty Pelican Trying to Eat Capybaras Bathing in Hot Springs Recreated on a No-Bake Cheesecake
Rin’s Forest created a cheesecake that featured a recreation of the Pelican trying to eat capybaras in the Saitama Children’s Zoo hot tub.
How the Issue of Longitude at Sea Was Solved With the Newly Invented Pocket Watch in the 1770s
Comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper-Jones of Map Men quite appropriately explain the history of maps, focusing on latitude and longitude, the latter of…
How Silent Props Are Made for Movies and Television
Prop masters Tim Schultz and Scott Reeder to explain how silent props are made that don't affect what's going on in the scene.
Beautiful Aerial Footage of a Clear Turquoise Blue Waterfall in the Rainforest of Costa Rica
While in the rainforest of Costa Rica, prolific wildlife photographer David Weiller (previously) captured absolutely beautifully aerial footage of a sparkling clear bright turquoise blue…
An Amusing Demonstration of What It Would Be Like If People Walked Around With Tiny One-Inch Strides
Comedian Daniel LaBelle amusingly demonstrated what life would look like if people shuffled around with tiny one inch strides.