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This Dog Is Perplexed By The iPhone

7:39AM January 27, 2011 | Matt Cherette

Meet Maru. No, not the famous cat—Maru the puppy (a Shiba Inu, actually). In this short, sweet, and inarguably adorable video, Maru watches a video of another dog on his owner’s iPhone. It confuses him—quite a bit.

Related:

1. This Dog Is Very Confused by an Escalator

Sometimes, dogs amaze you with their stupidity; other times, they amaze you with their smarts. We’re not sure which of the two this video-of a dog who is very confused by an escalator-falls under, but it’s still cute.

For more of our selection of dog-related videos, feel free to click here.

[The Daily What]


Geek Out

Hunter Becomes Hunted: A Fox Shoots A Man

8:00AM January 16, 2011 | Casey Chan

When a fox was shot by a hunter, it didn’t die. Instead, when the hunter tried to finish the fox off with the butt of his gun, the animal pulled the trigger of the gun and shot the hunter right back. More »


Cameras

Every Bikini Model Should Be Photographed By A Monkey

9:20AM January 5, 2011 | Rosa Golijan

I think they were on to something in 1963. After all, just imagine all the lovely angles a monkey could capture during a bikini photoshoot. [Where is my mind? via Boing Boing] More »


Entertainment

Proof That Chickens Make The Best Steadicams

10:00AM December 30, 2010 | Brian Barrett

It turns out that chickens aren’t just a delicious and comical nugget source. They’re also one of the best Steadicams around—assuming you can keep it focused. Here’s how one precocious poultry stacks up against a real human man. More »


Techno Music Will Keep Your Mobile Phone Safe From Parrots

3:00PM May 20, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/8yonw_XWGKg&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":412,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube"} ); At first glance you’d think that someone taught a parrot how to dance, but in reality the devious bird just paused in the middle of attempting to steal that mobile phone in order to get freaky to the techno beat. More »


Gadgets

Review: Dual Wielding Dyson D31s

1:00AM September 2, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Dyson’s D31 handheld vacuum contains the world’s fastest motor capable of reaching 104,000 RPM. So what happens when you fire two at once? All. Hell. Breaks. Loose. And you suck a lot of cat hair off the couch. More »


HANNSpree Animal TVs Might Give Toddlers The Wrong Idea

3:30AM July 20, 2009 | Jack Loftus

As if zoos didn’t have enough problems these days, now they have to compete with the inevitable flood of disappointed children who, upon entering a zoo for the first in their lives, become utterly confused about the lack of televisions. More »


Gadgets

Dyson’s DC28 Animal Looks, Feels, Sounds Powerful

2:00PM May 15, 2009 | Jason Chen

The Dyson DC28 is weighty—weightier than their previous release, the agile Ball vacuums— and continues the Animal line tradition of being super powerful suction devices.

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Geek Out

BREAKING: Cat Bong Guy Gives Up Marijuana

7:20AM March 5, 2009 | Jason Chen

The cat-in-a-bong dude says he’s giving up pot. [Lincoln Journal Star]

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Geek Out

Terrible Human Being Puts His Cat in a Bong to ‘Chill it Out’

7:20AM March 4, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Here’s something you should not do: put your cat in a bong when it’s being too rambunctious. You moron.

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