Laughing Squid Blog Posts - 2018-01-27

Art, Culture and Technology Can't see images? [Click here...](.rQr66F2ei7AlMTdntBOGkR5l22R9DisOjNzmU4rjPwU) [Laughing Squid](.5WmM20HYSpSY4FlQNQhe3Cx3nc37WmeI9LpJDjRhYQI) [Laughing Squid](.feDIaZ9HTKyZkkEhWY0RlyHC_FBPeW7v0AzuZJ05cy0) [A Rescued Chimp Outfitted With a Camera Provides a Rare View Amongst the Treetops of Her Home](.LXGw1nHbDvBQGuTtEb0gb0oLgm_C4684kyvHD1kMQdk) .MstEqRVvPlbrs2pzhqfx4BcdN7uo71kDX6cBboS6LWA In a clip from the three part PBS series “Animals With Cameras“, a rescued chimpanzee named Kimbang was outfitted with a camera and sent along to climb some trees so that her caretaker could assess her diet and ensure she was making the right choices before being set out into the wild. When Kimbang began climbing, she also began to offer a rare view of the treetops she calls her home. Kimbang is a four-year-old female chimp who had a difficult start in life. Poachers killed her mother ... [Read Blog Post](.-yf-amvf3ZFqdKVVq7f0UjxCFQsWQuL5I8DA3r_nb3M) [Classic Renaissance Style Sculptures Reimagined With Surprising Humorous Modern Twists](.reMuArem9eIUibNqNGQEYYXi4RjleYTf-aGTxL4VySc) .XzSvRLBXP0dPGdOq2St5xDcdHbCuenoMJ8SZhP7DDcU A post shared by Gerard Mas (@gerard_mas) on Feb 7, 2017 at 9:20am PST Spanish artist Gerard Mas has created a gorgeous series of busts that are sculpted in the Renaissance style but reimagined with some very humorous, surprising and modern twists. These additions include sporting tan lines, blowing a bubble with gum, wearing customer service headphones, sucking on a lollipop and one giving a classic raspberry. There’s even one elegant sculpture who is silently picking her ... [Read Blog Post](.nsjHUW1C19vatLB6Rdb44PMEvvXyuocSZXqsTCzxTAw) [A Tiny Squirrel on Tiny Waterskis Gets Pulled by a Remote Controlled Toy Boat Around a Tiny Lagoon](.N1Vm9X9YUrw-Eo3RodLl61-GI6ROjYBGOCFVI8TrCBU) .W4x_wHKI2tCuKgKZtzd0nv8aZDnOVqWxH5bEgyd0l3I A post shared by Twiggys Lagoon (@twiggyslagoon) on Mar 2, 2016 at 9:47am PST A tiny squirrel named Twiggy is quite the party animal. She and her human travel arounds the world in order to showcase her incredible talent of waterskiing. Making appearances at such events Toronto Boat Show, The X Games and The Richmond Home and Garden Show, Twiggy never fails to make a splash. Twiggy’s humans Chuck and Lou Ann Best posted the history of Twiggy on their website. In 1978 a baby squirrel ... [Read Blog Post](.3bab-YZPT_wqSKY4MBbcn4e5k7_Ayf7AOITHb775GKQ) [A British Lab That Creates Lightning Indoors In Order to Predict Failures on the Electrical Grid](.aG2dNt992vQQHALDQiifrmy7svldbSHPTSmJ4NOmP2U) .XoPD9t8xpPP5oUmqXkO2X6w8PmppUFUSn9Azoa_8WQ4 Wired UK went inside the High Voltage Laboratory at the University of Manchester to witness first hand the incredible lightning that they create indoors via Tesla coils to test electrical equipment and predict failures within the electrical grid. The lab works to predict failures on the electrical grid and protect it from blackouts. To do so, Dr Vidyadhar Peesapati and his team test electrical equipment to its limit – sometimes striking it with up to millions of volts. Electrical ... [Read Blog Post](.MaDnf3za9EklVx7r5fuIxxllx6u9o0oqbDBhzRdWMjU) [Rokblok, A Small Wireless Record Player That Plays Music When Placed on Top of a Record](.xxQ1wLasQMkzf_Ejpcp0H2u8ZtpBzWosqn_HZ4I8Shs) .7KmvIUCS2hHYSDmyHylQZS6r86X8d7B-0biWD2LSCt8 Pink Donut has created the RokBlok, a small wireless record player that instantly plays music when you place it on top of a vinyl record. The RokBlok is currently out of stock, but the next batch being made is available to reserve from the RokBlok website. Rock out to your favorite records with RokBlok’s built-in speaker, or wirelessly send your music to any Bluetooth device for an even bigger sound. Measuring only 4 X 2 inches long, you can use RokBlok to listen to your favorite ... [Read Blog Post](.IEvRROqEuVivHfXgsr6Ln4oVGCq2mxFdE4ie317R_M0) [A Pair of Dogs Adorably Cooperate With Each Other to Keep a Red Balloon Up in the Air](.zLlpZ2oP6EVGkkwCwghXMITM5whnICNQWa1NxbEGBXU) .SfH4gYNnbNe_Wsm3V39aOv-LVUOnqQdY30HBrR-vpjg A pair of very limber Staffordshire bull terriers named Cooper and Emma leaped to great heights in a cooperative effort to keep a red balloon aloft in the air. These two adorable canine siblings do absolutely everything together and don’t limit themselves solely to red balloons. A post shared by Cooper & Emma (@cooperandemma) on Oct 16, 2017 at 6:47am PDT A post shared by Cooper & Emma (@cooperandemma) on Jan 20, 2018 at 5:40am PST A post shared by Cooper ... 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