Month: January 2021

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Clever Tricks That Zookeepers Use to Weigh Animals

Anyone who has ever owned a dog or a cat knows that it can be tricky to get a good weight for them. They’re wiggly, they’re uncooperative, and that’s just for relatively small animals, right?

Now think about being a zoo vet and having to weigh things like hippos and giraffes…it would get pretty complicated, right?

Luckily, people have learned plenty of tricks over the years – here are 20 clever ones you probably never imagined.

20. Just weigh the whole cage.

I mean, you could totally catch him if he got out, though.

19. If you don’t take have to take the koala out of the tree, don’t.

I guess that’s probably a good rule of thumb.

Its weigh day! Regular weighing of the koalas, especially the joeys, is important to make sure they are staying healthy, putting on weight and keeping it on. Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park

Posted by Kangaroo Island Koala and Wildlife Rescue Centre on Tuesday, April 7, 2020

18. Little baby is big mad!

You put him in a bowl!

17. Are you weighing the human or the giraffe?

That takes one confident zookeeper.

16. That is a very large rodent.

But also somehow cute?

This baby bat sitting patiently whilst being weighed from mildlyinteresting

15. I know this probably is supposed to keep them calm.

Maybe owls always look panicked.

I work at a bird banding station, and we use burritos to weigh the owls we catch. from aww

14. Look at his little face!

Don’t take his blankie!

13. Just like weighing a human baby.

He looks just about as thrilled about it, too.

12. A frog in a spoon.

So tiny!!

Forbidden cocoa puff from forbiddensnacks

11. I cannot get enough of these owls.

Their faces are priceless.

Image Credit: The Raptor Center

10. Convince him it’s a trick!

They love tricks, because they’re bored out of their minds.

Image Credit: Perdue.edu

9. A penguin in a bucket.

A penguin is cute anywhere.

8. Who knew they started out so small!

Just keep him in the water!

7. I cannot with this.

The cuteness is way too much.

6. It fits, he sits.

For a few seconds, anyway.

Our new kitten had to be tricked into being weighed from aww

5. He looks so happy!

He could teach my kids a thing or two.

4. That lion cub doesn’t look like it wants to sit.

There’s a cat for you.

3. Bless his heart.

Baby just wants to stay with his mama.

Image Credit: ZooBorns

2. Can we have a whole page of these?

Or more than one?

1. I guess anything with long legs gets held.

It’s probably the safest route.

I love the idea of working at a zoo, but I don’t think I could hack it.

Which one of these surprises you the most? Tell us in the comments!

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These Interesting Images All Happened Totally by Accident

We don’t have to make art on purpose for it to be beautiful – sometimes, the stuff that happens by accident can be just as amazing as the things we create on purpose.

If you’re not sure what accidental art looks like or what that might mean, these 13 images should totally prove my point.

13. Thin your carrots.

Or they’ll hold on for dear life.

This is what happens when you fail to thin out your carrots. from mildlyinteresting

12. Windmills in the fog.

Ethereal.

What happens to windmills when there’s fog from pics

11. Careful with your food in Antarctica.

I don’t even know what this is supposed to be.

Image Credit: Bored Panda

10. M&Ms in water.

Going to try this with my kid!

What happens when you put M&Ms in a dish of water. Diffusion force barriers from mildlyinteresting

9. A candle on a hot patio.

Do you think they make a pill for that?

This is what happens when you try to display candles on a hot patio from mildlyinteresting

8. Nature will always reclaim its space.

I love this image.

What happens when nature takes over- This boat on a river in Frankfurt, Germany from Damnthatsinteresting

7. An 8-year-old’s hands in a petri dish.

This is unsurprising, except for the part where it’s kind of pretty?

What happens when an 8-year-old puts his hand in a petri dish of agar from interestingasfuck

6. When the triple foam breaks at the car wash.

Psychedelic, man.

This is what happens when the triple foam breaks at the car wash from interestingasfuck

5. Even dirty coffee cups can be pretty.

You still have to clean it up, though.

What happened to my coffee cup after I left it sideways for a while… from mildlyinteresting

4. Mesh patio furniture in an ice storm.

Ice storm photos are the best.

This is what happens to mesh patio furniture in an ice storm from mildlyinteresting

3. A highlighter in the microwave.

When stoners or teenagers get bored.

this is what happens when you put a highlighter in the microwave in case you were wondering from pics

2. This is the inside of a bike seat that’s been left outside.

It’s like a whole little world in there.

PsBattle: This colony of moss growing inside a bike seat. from photoshopbattles

1. After lightning strikes asphalt.

It looks like some kind of fungus.

This is what happens when lightning strikes asphalt from interestingasfuck

 

I could honestly scroll through these forever.

Which one amazed you the most? Share your awe in the comments!

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People Whose Experiments Were Interesting and Very Accidental

If you know anything at all about science then you know that some of the greatest discoveries in history happened by accident – the microwave, x-rays, LSD, and more than a few more – so there’s nothing to say that there can’t be happy accidents in the world.

These 16 people are sort of different, because they really didn’t even mean to do the experiments at all, but that doesn’t mean we can’t love the results!

16. Frozen waterfall mist.

It looks like something out of a fantasy film.

What happens when the mist around a waterfall freezes from pics

15. He grew a pumpkin inside a mold.

This is pretty incredible.

What happens when you grow a pumkin inside a plastic mold. from pics

14. When lightning strikes beach sand.

In case you haven’t seen Sweet Home Alabama.

This is what happens when a lightning hits beach sand from interestingasfuck

13. When a cat touches a plasma ball.

Cats remain the best part of the internet.

This is what happens when a cat touches a plasma ball from interestingasfuck

12. The result of 50 mph winds and freezing temperatures combine with Lake Erie.

How do you even know which house is yours?

What happens when 50 mph winds, freezing temperatures and Lake Erie hits your house. from Damnthatsinteresting

11. This is an ordinary marble…

Heated over an open flame and then dropped into cold water.

This is what happens when you heat an ordinary marble over a flame then immediately drop it into cold water from mildlyinteresting

10. Someone is about to be mad about their chalk drawing.

But at least your tires look cool.

Sidewalk chalk on tire. from accidentalart

9. This totally looks Photoshopped!

It’s someone swinging a string of glow sticks with burning steel wool at the end, taken by a long-exposure photo. Why? Obviously because we can.

What happens when you swing a string of glow sticks with burning steel wool at the end and take a long exposure photo [photo by Chris Matthew Brady] from interestingasfuck

8. Life will find a way.

Even when that life is a half-eaten cabbage.

Here’s what happens when you leave half a cabbage in the fridge too long. from pics

7. You think you’ve seen cold water.

But you haven’t seen water THIS cold.

What happens when water gets really, really cold. from interestingasfuck

6. Pipes burst under the floor.

Everyone get those roller-scooter things from gym class!

This is what happens to a basketball court when the pipes burst from pics

5. When a frog eats a firefly.

It looks sort of magical. Unless you’re the firefly.

? This Is What Happens When Frogs Eat Fireflies from NatureIsFuckingLit

4. High voltage burns in wood.

I never get tired of these.

What happens when wood is burnt with high voltage from mildlyinteresting

3. Horizontal mirrors on a desert shack.

Almost makes you want to live in the desert, right?

This is what happens when you put horizontal mirrors on a shack in the desert from interestingasfuck

2. Lightning meets golf course flag.

That probably ruined at least one round of golf.

This Is What Happens When Lightning Strikes A Flag On A Golf Course from interestingasfuck

1. A polished coconut.

It looks so…naked.

This is what happens when you polish a coconut from mildlyinteresting

 

Some people are just charmed in this life, I suppose.

Has anything like this ever happened to you? Tell us about it in the comments!

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These 3D Printers Are Creating Items Out of Steel Instead of Plastic

We’re just getting used to the wild technology of 3D printers, which can print plastic copies out of thin air.

Like seriously, our great-grandparents even would have had zero idea what’s happening and probably have accused us of witchcraft.

Now, HP is coming out with 3D printers that create things in a sturdier steel.

The company announced their Metal Jet printer, which is built on an industrial scale and creates items in steel, not plastic. Previously, the method has been relatively slow and expensive when compared with traditional mass-production techniques, and has only been able to use plastic materials.

HP has been working on the issue of mass production, launching their Jet Fusion plastic 3D printer back in 2016 that was made to do more than one-off jobs. Their hoping the Metal Jet will let 3D printing enter the big manufacturing sectors like automobiles and medical devices in the near future.

For now, the products they’re printing are cosmetic – key fobs with custom engravings, for example – but Tim Weber, head of HP’s head of 3D metals, thinks this ability to print metal will save costs and enable companies to create new products faster in the future.

Other companies, like GE Aviation, have been in the 3D metal printing game for years, making things like a fuel nozzle for a jet engine with a similar process. It’s remained a slow and expensive way to go, though, which means that it’s not practical when it comes to metal items that are more proliferate.

HP’s process is different. It’s called binder-jet printing, and it’s cheaper and more efficient, spreading layers of metal powder before spraying it with a binding agent to solidify it. The initial items have to be placed into a furnace to solidify them into something strong enough to use, but the end product is pretty light, smooth, and can include fine details.

Other companies have used binder-jet printing before, so there will be competitors when this one enters the market. The marketing folks at HP believe they’ll have an edge because of their experience making conventional printers, which share many of the same components.

The question of how big the market will be remains, but HP says Metal Jet should be cost-effective for small runs like 50,000-70,000 items.

So, medical facilities will be more likely to jump on the bandwagon than, say, auto manufacturers, who make billions of parts every year.

Whatever happens, I think it’s clear we’ve not seen the best of what 3D printing has to offer, so everyone, prepare to be amazed on the regular.

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Super Accurate True Crime Memes That Only Extreme Fans Will Understand

Another day, another opportunity to learn about true crime. Serial killers and kidnappings don’t deter you like the average person. In fact, they’re exactly what interest you – freak that you are.

Have no shame here; we’ve got a fresh batch of 13 memes that’ll scratch your true crime itch.

1. Oh no

Yeah, you might want to take a call like this as a major heads up.

Image Credit: someecards

2. The greatest love of all

Nothing gets between a girl and her true crime.

Image Credit: someecards

3. Time for a career change

It’s never too late to become a detective specializing in active serial killers, right?

Image Credit: someecards

4. Epic fail

Come on, that’s a rookie mistake.

Image Credit: someecards

5. LOL

A pleasant spin on true crime for the faint of heart.

Image Credit: someecards

6. Oops

Yeah, that razor, nail, and blindfold on the rubber duck are definitely not good signs.

Image Credit: someecards

7. Somebody pitch this

This would be a M. Night Shyamalan level twist.

Image Credit: someecards

8. Some extra binging material

Ironically, this is the only programming that’s remotely keeping me sane at this point.

Image Credit: someecards

9. This, 100%

Yeah, once you go down the true crime rabbit hole, you’ll never have a one-night-stand again.

Image Credit: someecards

10. What every girl wants

Fuzzy slippers, a glass of wine, and true crime sure beats having your heart broken.

Image Credit: someecards

11. Frugality at its finest

This is actually really helpful information – funerals are expensvie!

Image Credit: someecards

12. Some things never change

No offense to the other serial killer cases, but it’s pretty hard to compete with pure evil.

Image Credit: someecards

13. Super inconvenient

How different our lives would be if the knowledge were completely reversed.

Image Credit: someecards

There you have it – a little fix to hold you over until the next time Netflix launches another serial killer documentary. Remember to binge responsibly, and never walk to your parked car in a garage alone.

Do you have any favorite true crime memes? Don’t forget to share them in the comments!

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Enjoy These Fascinating Examples of Old Technology That Look Pretty Strange Today

We like to think that the age we’re living in is highly advanced and that the people who came before us we’re simpletons, but we have a feeling the photos you’re about to see will completely change your mind about that.

Because you’re about to lay your eyes on amazing examples of OLD technology that was way ahead of its time and is honestly still pretty impressive today.

Are you ready to go back to the future? Let’s go!

1. I’ve never one of these before!

But I like it!

300 year old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla) from interestingasfuck

2. Wow. Pretty impressive.

And I’m willing to bet this is extremely rare.

350 year old pocket watch carved from a single Colombian emerald from interestingasfuck

3. That is so cool.

But I bet that poor officer got tired of sucking in fumes all day.

In 1955, this tiny electric narrow gauge train was installed in New York’s Holland tunnel to monitor traffic speed. from interestingasfuck

4. This is kind of crazy.

But also pretty brilliant.

A British couple sleeps inside a "Morrison shelter” used as protection from collapsing homes during the WWII ‘Blitz’ bombing raids… March 1941 – [1280 × 965] from HistoryPorn

5. The forerunner to the Roomba.

I wonder if it was ever popular…

Robo-Vac, a self-proppeled vacuum cleaner part of Whirlpool’s Miracle Kitchen of the Future, a display at the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow, 1959.[1600×2116] from HistoryPorn

6. Wow! Get a load of this thing!

That is awesome!

This car is a French ‘Delahaye 175S Roadster’, introduced at the Paris Motor Show in 1949. Only one was ever made. It was recently sold at auction for around five million dollars. from interestingasfuck

7. I bet you sank all the way to the bottom.

Looks pretty heavy, doesn’t it?

The world’s oldest surviving diving suit: The Old Gentleman, from 1860. from interestingasfuck

8. That is one HUGE cell phone.

Zack Morris style!

Motorola Vice President John F. Mitchell showing off the DynaTAC portable radio telephone in New York City in 1973 [495×622] from HistoryPorn

9. Not too easy to lug around.

But it got the job done.

Kodak K-24 camera, used for aerial photography during WW2 by the Americans from Damnthatsinteresting

10. A rail zeppelin.

German engineering at its finest.

A rail zeppelin and a steam train near the railway platform. Berlin, Germany, 1931 (more info in comment) from interestingasfuck

11. I wish this would make a comeback!

I’m all about this!

Motorized roller-skate salesman in California, 1961 [1600×1666] from HistoryPorn

12. You don’t see something like this every day.

Time to hit the open road.

Jay Ohrberg’s ‘double wide’ limousine. Built by the man who also created the ‘american dream’ superlimo from WeirdWheels

13. I think a lot of us could use this right about now.

I need my alone time!

The ‘Isolator’ , by Hugo Gernsback: a helmet for insulating the senses against distraction; from the journal Science and Invention, vol. 13, no. 3, July 1925 [850×717]. from HistoryPorn

Those are so cool!

And now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, share some more photos of old technology that you think we’ll enjoy.

Thanks in advance!

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Jesus Is Everywhere…and These Photos Are the Evidence

Can this guy do everything, or what?

For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, I’m talking about a guy named Jesus…maybe you’ve heard of him?

In addition to being the Son of God, this fella likes to partake in all kinds of fun activities, as you’re about to see.

Never seen Jesus paddleboarding? Well, that’s about to change really fast, my friends…

Let’s see what this wild and crazy guy has been up to lately!

1. He’s about to lay the hammer down.

Don’t mess with Jesus in the ring!

2. He’s known as a pretty good tetherball player.

What a weird game, by the way…

3. Enjoying a haunted house with his friends.

Hey, he loves a good scare.

4. Getting fit on his paddleboard.

Even though he can walk on water, he likes doing this for some reason.

5. Be careful up there, Jesus…

Seems a little bit risky to me.

6. The guy can do it all!

And that includes directing traffic.

7. Yee-haw! Hang on tight!

I hope he lasts eight seconds…

8. It was his turn to put the angel on top this year.

Great job, Jesus!

9. Time for a little fun in the sun.

I hope he put on enough sunblock.

10. Participating in the hula hoop challenge.

Who will be the last man standing?!?!

11. He likes to hit the weights from time to time.

Push it, Jesus!

Now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, please share some more funny Instagram accounts that you think we’d enjoy.

We can’t wait to see your recommendations! Thanks!

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