January 19, 2015 at 10:54 am

X-Ray Video Shows How Hamsters Can Stuff So Much Food Into Their Cheeks

X-Ray Video Shows How Hamsters Can Stuff So Much Food Into Their Cheeks

X-rays show how golden hamsters store incredible amounts of food in their cheek pouches that can stretch all the way back to their hips. The clip is from episode 1 of BBC One’s Wild at Heart.

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January 18, 2015 at 5:00 pm

Handler Shares Her Amazing Images With Birds of Prey

Handler Shares Her Amazing Images With Birds of Prey

Imgur user wolfgirl2345 recently posted an amazing gallery of images of birds of prey (aka raptors, birds that hunt and feed on other animals). She works at Gauntlet Birds of Prey Eagle and Vulture Park in Knutsford, Cheshire. The bird park houses over 120 birds from 46 different species. Established in 1996, Gauntlet is…

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January 18, 2015 at 5:50 am

3D Printed Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures by John Edmark

3D Printed Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures by John Edmark

John Edmark, an inventor/designer/artist that teaches design at Stanford, has created a series of 3D printed “Fibonacci Zoetrope” sculptures that come to life when spun under a strobe light or are captured by a video camera with a very fast shutter speed. In the hypnotic video above, the 3D printed sculptures are spinning at…

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January 17, 2015 at 12:41 pm

This 200-Pound Stuntman Can Jump Through Anything

This 200-Pound Stuntman Can Jump Through Anything

Check out stuntman Dominik Sky’s impressive “Window Jumps” 2014 showreel. I like that he included the outtakes so you can see that there is a lot of pain and miscues that goes into this.

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January 16, 2015 at 4:28 pm

Picture of the Day: Sea Anemone or Awesome Duck Hair?

Picture of the Day: Sea Anemone or Awesome Duck Hair?

Photograph by stevierar on reddit Sea Anemone? Awesome duck hair? Both? Redditor stevierar captured a candid moment in his salt water aquarium when a snackelocks sea anemone (Anemonia viridis) latched onto the head of a duck ornament he had in his tank, giving the duck the coolest hair ever. On reddit, the aquarium enthusiast…

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January 16, 2015 at 1:53 pm

The Coordinated Beauty of Thousands of Birds Moving In Sync

The Coordinated Beauty of Thousands of Birds Moving In Sync

Seen here is a huge flock of starlings (known as a murmuration), soaring above the skies of Utrecht in the Netherlands. While the science behind their uncanny coordination is not fully understood, what is known is at the individual level, when a neighbour moves, so do you. The hypnotic movements were captured earlier this…

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January 16, 2015 at 10:56 am

What It’s Like to Descend a Mountain as One of the World’s Best Skiers

What It's Like to Descend a Mountain as One of the World's Best Skiers

Check out this insane first-person POV of Candide Thovex going down a mountain and doing some unbelievable tricks on the way. Although the clips are edited together to make it feel like one seamless run, it just doesn’t matter, the end result is too fantastic.

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January 16, 2015 at 9:36 am

The Shirk Report – Volume 300

The Shirk Report - Volume 300

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 25 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Twitter, RSS and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com 25 IMAGES – FRIDAY!!! – This…

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January 15, 2015 at 6:27 pm

Picture of the Day: Steam Locomotives at the Roundhouse in Chicago, 1942

Picture of the Day: Steam Locomotives at the Roundhouse in Chicago, 1942

Photograph by Jack Delano Seen above are steam locomotives of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois rail yards. The photograph was taken in December of 1942 and now resides at the Library of Congress. The Chicago and Northwestern Railway operated more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of track…

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January 15, 2015 at 5:55 pm

Give This Dancer In a Cow Suit a Raise

Give This Dancer In a Cow Suit a Raise

This supermarket’s mascot happens to be a cow, a dancing cow. Watch this person in a cow suit give it their all and then some.

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