Divertimento #166

 
A gif-fest of the past month's findings

Making a bowl out of plastic soldiers
Confronting a panhandler
Puzzle box
Disgusting
Pickpockets in London
Instant karma for litterer
When you buy cotton candy, you're buying air
Ice cream cone

Nature and Science
When you puncture a lithium polymer battery...
Cutting a bloodwood tree
Cockroaches hatching
Pocket of lethal carbon dioxide revealed by a flare
Silicone skin prosthesis
Recycling circuit boards
Giant jellyfish off the coast of Cornwall
Ammonite exposed

Animals
How dogs drink water
Don't get close to a bull elephant in musth
Bird removes anti-bird-nest spikes
Man vs. cobra.  Man wins.
Orca uses bait to catch a bird
Dog has a parasite in his ear
Dog politely hints he wants to go for a walk
Buffalo vs. lion.  Buffalo wins.
Crow and dog are best friends
Otter juggles a stone
Dolphin megapod
Gazelle vs. lion.  Gazelle wins (and lion disappears)

Sports and athleticism
"Mountain of hell" bike race
Bo-taoshi
Her amazing skills are explained in the last image
Water slide in Voss, Norway
GIFs can be reversed
Hammer throw
Baseball fans will appreciate this pitch

Fails
Don't annoy the bull
Hot air balloon filled with fireworks in Myanmar
Horrible door design
Texting tram driver
Rafters go over waterfall (no deaths)
"It slipped"
You are not supposed to touch the Assateague wild horses

Impressive or clever
How to remove a (dead) bird's feathers
Extracting a cord from under a table
Person cuts garlic but their hand
Pine tree pollen
Installing foam insulation
How to make a DaVinci bridge
Children learn about science
Wearable wings with jet engines
Carving a rock
Ankle used as a knee (explained here)
Cutting things with a waterjet

Cheerful
Dog wearing "cone of shame" meets cat
Toddler's first steps

The embedded images are from a collection of panoramic photo fails (hat tip to Neatorama).