Father, forgive me. It has been about 4 months since my last linkfest, and my "gifs to blog" folder is bulging. I have 127 links to share with you...
Note some gifs may need to be unmuted (or muted).
Antique Dutch amusement game using a spinning top
The classic scene from "Breaking Bad" ("I am the one who knocks")
Mantraps from the Vietnamese war
Trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Mandatory viewing for anyone who tows a boat or trailer
Dashcam view at 260 MPH
Removing facial hair by threading
If you are lost in the woods, you can start a fire with Doritos
Animals
Live jellycam at the Monterey Bay Acquarium
The Onagadori is a rare breed of long-tailed chicken
Snake climbing a tree [perhaps "scaling a tree" would be a better term...]
An orangutan driving a golf cart (quite skillfully)
Penguin escapes from a calving glacier
Halitrephes maasi jelly [brief, but worth fullscreen viewing]
Bird nest box timelapse of empty box to first egg
Bird does standing back flips ("witness the fitness")
Dulla of a camel [unmute the video]
Birds crash to the ground when chased by a raptor
Finch hatchlings have highly reflective beaks
Nature and science
Timelapse of pumpkin growing to 600 kg
The bottom of a dropped slinky doesn't fall immediately
Tree seeds helicoptering to the ground
The difficulty of navigating weightlessness
Several views of a tidal bore
Spherical ice balls
"Sneaker wave" at a seashore (suggest fullscreen)
The flooding of the Mediterranean Desert
There is a right way and a wrong way to hang a gate
How to dissolve flesh and bone
Coriolis force explained
Impressive or clever
Boy catches bass with his bare hand
1951 atomic bomb blast
Complex joint in a wood-framed house
Tree harvester gets rid of that nasty forest for you
Crowd waves 45,000 lightsticks
Homemade pigeon livetrap
Fore-edge painting on book pages now done by computer
The awesome power of an avalanche
"Billie Jean" played on door stoppers
Rubik's cube solved in 47 seconds. By a three-year-old girl.
Kitchen drizzle tool
10-foot-long sturgeon released
Sports and Athleticism
Olympic skater landing a quad
Super slo-mo of pole vault
The choreography of "Rocky"
Soccer player scores three own goals in a game
Winter basketball outdoors
Ziplining in Colombia
Zaouli (a traditional dance)
Fails and wtf
The result of a broken oil pipeline
Man forgets to turn off propane after grilling
Bicyclist annoys a bull unnecessarily
Worst round ever on Wheel of Fortune
Humorous or cheerful
Snowball fight in 1896
Deer scores a soccer goal - and celebrates!
Excitement at a Final Four buzzer-beater can't exceed that of these third-graders
How a lantern fish lure works
The embedded images are selections from the sixth annual compilation of "Superb Owls" at The Atlantic. Identities of the owls and the photographers at the link.
Related: the silence of an owl's flight [may need to unmute the video]
That was just a test to see if anyone was paying attention.
ReplyDeleteFixed.
Apparently people disliked cyclists 125 years ago as well.
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ReplyDeleteI very much look forward to these! The internet is a weird and wonderful place and I inevitably learn something new from these linkdumps. Thank you for helping a tired mother satisfy the Elephant's Child in me!
ReplyDeletehttps://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/79/just-so-stories/1299/the-elephants-child/
DeleteExcellent collection Sir, thank you.
ReplyDeleteOh my how I love these faces, especially the first one, possibly not so much the last one, he looks a bit angry! Great post thanks.
ReplyDeleteAmazing collection. Thank you!
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