Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Rescued Orphan Elephant Conquers Her Fear of Water With the Help of Her Loving Adopted Human
In 2016, we wrote about a preview for the BBC Earth/PBS show Nature’s Miracle Orphans in which a growing baby elephant named Moyo was causing…
Michigan Gymnast Performs Amazing Hands-Free Backflip From a Seated Position
A post shared by Brandon Burns (@bburnsgym) on Mar 2, 2018 at 2:37pm PST University of Michigan gymnast Brandon Burns posted a video of him…
New Zealand Father Humorously Demonstrates How to Properly Burp a Baby
How to DAD creator Jordan Watson of Auckland, New Zealand decided to help all of the new parents out there by demonstrating all of the…
A Pair of Curious Antarctic Emperor Penguins Pose For a Selfie In Front of a Newly Discovered Camera
A pair of curious Antarctic Emperor penguins posed for a selfie in front of a newly discovered camera in Holme Bay, Antarctica.
An Amazing Timelapse Showing the Historic Launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy With Starman Aboard
On February 6, 2018, Space X made history with the launch of their Falcon Heavy carrying a red Tesla Roadster that was playing David Bowie…
A Comparison Sampling of a $20, a $620 and a $5,000 Bass Guitar Mixed Into a Single Solo
In June 2017, The very talented Davie504 conducted an experiment in which he musically sampled three different basses at three vastly different prices points and…
How Mildred of Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri Struggles to Live Her Life in the Present
Filmmaker Karsten Runquist took a look at the surprisingly controversial dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and made a very astute observation about Mildred…
Abiotic Awareness, An Eerie Fractal Journey Inside of an Icy Research Facility in the Arctic
Amsterdam visual artist and filmmaker Julius Horsthuis has created Abiotic Awareness, a beautiful animated fractal short that takes us on an eerie journey inside of…
A Determined Cat Slips and Slides Across a Frozen Pond Trying to Catch a Fish Swimming Under the Ice
A rather determined black and white cat hilariously slipped and slid across a frozen pond in pursuit of the fish who were swimming beneath the…
How Leonard Cohen and David Bowie Faced Their Impending Deaths With a Final Affirming Album
2016 was a cruel year that claimed the lives of Leonard Cohen and David Bowie, two musicians of iconic stature. Both men knew they were…