Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Farmer Discusses How His Marshmallow Crop Is Threatened by Heavy Rains in a Local News Segment
A video showing what appears to be a local news segment from WSOCTV Channel 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina features farmer Ben Yoken talking about the…
Ring-Tailed Lemur Gently Plays With a Spunky Two-Month Old Baby Kangaroo at Florida Animal Sanctuary
In 2012, a ring-tailed lemur named Liam played very gently with a spunky two-month old baby kangaroo named Bug at the Exotic Animal Experience in…
Ozzy the Weasel Adorably Interrupts His Human’s Video Games by Playing With His Thumb
A tiny weasel named Ozzy adorably plays with his human’s thumb, interrupting him just as he starts to play a video game.
English Bulldog Whines and Whimpers Until He Gets Back His Cherished Spot on the Bed
A beautiful English Bulldog with a surprisingly long tail persistently whines and whimpers at the two fellow canines sleeping on his spot until one of…
‘From Above’, A Short Film Featuring Astronaut Don Pettit Discussing Photography in Space
“From Above” is a short film by SmugMug that features NASA astronaut Don Pettit discussing photography in space. Pettit was a prolific photographer while aboard the…
Camping Doughnut, Collapsible Tubular Structures Designed to Replace Traditional Tents
The Camping Doughnut is a design concept created by Sungha Lim, Hyunmook Lim, and Han Kim that replaces the traditional tent with a collapsible, rearrangeable…
‘Star Gore’, A Bloody LEGO Stop-Motion Animated Mashup of ‘Itchy & Scratchy’ From ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Star Wars’
Reto Hochstrasser has created “Star Gore,” a bloody LEGO stop-motion animated mashup of Itchy & Scratchy characters from FOX‘s hit television series The Simpsons and…
‘Doctor Who’ Superfan Creates an Overhead Squirrel Feeder in the Perfect Image of a Silver ‘Cyberman’
Doctor Who superfan Emma Young has created a wonderful overhead squirrel feeder in the perfect image of a Cyberman, the persistent silver nemesis of the…
Tested Attempts to Crack Apple’s Touch ID iPhone Security Using Fake Fingerprints
As Apple continues to roll out Touch ID for the iPhone and iPad to more and more programs, Tested puts the biometric security system through…
‘Thailand, Land Of Smiles’, A Short Video Documenting a Two-Week Trip to Thailand
In “Thailand, Land Of Smiles,” Brazilian filmmakers Érica Modesto and José Eduardo Pachá distill a two-week trip to Thailand into a quick, 90-second video highlighting…