Divertimento #162

So many gifs, so little time...  Here's about a hundred that have accumulated since January

(It's done with a mirror)

Hidden wall safe

Biker helps a lady in distress

Teaching children about teamwork

Truckload of cotton catches fire

How to tie a bow in a belt

Not sure what to call this

Effect of methamphetamines on Hitler

Chain flow

Each of these bearings is moving in a straight line

Footage of astronauts on the moon speeded up

Apparent USB wall charger is a spy camera

The making of the claymation movie "Coraline"

Asian girl has a problem with mascara

Turkish coffee made using hot sand

Sandcasting an iron fence

Nature and Science

Bubbles floating on sulfur hexafluoride gas

Ink on a leaf in a puddle

Colorful river in Colombia

Tourists run from a calving glacier

Time-lapse of potted plants

Avalanche recorded on dashcam

When you sprinkle salt on a fresh fish filet

Surface tension

Basalt columns in China

Relative positions of Earth and Venus over time

 How tectonic activity creates mountains

Spontaneous synchronization of metronomes

Animals

Starfish walking

Butterflies in Cambodia

Blue-footed boobies going fishing

A raven's ear

Sea snails emerge from the sand

Cecropia moth

Electric fire clam

Zebra drowning rival male's offspring

Count the ducks

Sheepherding dog

Snake going up a handrail

Dog teaching toddler

Boy "gets all the chicks"

Dog knows how to fetch ball in tree

Kangaroo rats kick rattlesnakes in the head

Cows negotiate a fence

Leeches in a drainage ditch

Pig loves his swimming pool

Pod of orcas work together to displace seal from ice floe

Golden scarabs

Chicken head stabilization

The power of a moose (and the advantage of long legs in snow)

Sports

Dog catches 83-yard Frisbee toss

In the gym

Soccer move

Skillful (but penalized) ice hockey maneuver

Apparently this is called "trials biking"

Triple kick

11-year-old ninja warrior

Rollerskate skill

Impressive or clever

Gripper tool

One way to get out of a hole

Jumping frogs optical illusion

Colors disappear underwater

Harvesting nuts (?or olives)

Lady clerk doesn't tolerate bullies in her store

One way to drive out of a muddy spot

Testing various hair colors digitally

Dragon kite

Using string to carry a pot

Removing snow from a roof without a roof rake

"Glass Gem" corn

Teenagers save someone dangling from a chairlift

Multi-color  printer

How lithography ("printing with stone") is done

Drone that looks like a bird would be good for spying

View from a wingsuit flyer

Farmer saves neighbor's crop

When you add magnesium fluoride to blood

How to save your purse from thieves

An example of "dad reflexes"

Directional fire extinguishers

High-speed laser engraving

Floodwaters destroy a bridge

Falling ring catches on a chain (explained here)

Hair art

Probability demonstrator

Flashlight illusion in a children's book

Detonation of a WWII sea mine

Fails

Plastic pollution of the ocean

Sometimes it just isn't your day

Removing a roadblock

Lady with chainsaw lucky not to be injured

Champagne tower

Sliding down between the escalators

Cheerful

Boy in wheelchair gets to enjoy trampoline

Beth does not need more sambucas

Ninja cat

People dressed up as carwash brushes

Good boy is done shopping for the day

Nice dance moves

Sharing your skateboard with your dog

Dogs enjoying their day

Dog meets toy frog

"Zoomie riot" at dog park

Bird gathers nesting material

Happy girl dancing

The embedded photos of women during WWI are from a larger gallery at BuzzFeedNews.