A little ‘known fact’ was that Youtube actually started in 1985. A complete failure but its amazing that Youtube has survived so many years without the internet.

Check out how Youtube was in the year 1985 with 1 videoclip after the jump.

Our piqued interest on the bullfrog still doesn’t end so here’s a great short documentary from National Geographic on this ranid creature. This should clear up our opinions on frogs that they mainly live on flies.

From rodents, snakes, fish, scorpions and spiders, these eating machines basically eat anything that passes in front of them. They do not have big claws, sharp feet or fangs and yet overcome pincers, poisons and spicy stingers.

Known to swim 20 feet to shore to grab a meal and hop back into the pond to drown them, they strike their prey with swiftness and stealth. They are also canibalistic and eat smaller size of their own species.

Check out 1 videoclip on the bullfrog from National Geographic after the jump.

An impressive two minute short CG film by students of Paris’s Gobelins School of Image about two lovelorn octopi which was separated and went to great lengths to be reunited.

Oktapodi won several notable awards that include Best Animation Imagina 2008, ‘Best Student Animated Film Ficci Baf 2008′, Canal Award Annecy 2008 and many others. Check out the official website for more information.

1 videoclip of the amusing 3D animation short Oktapodi after the jump.

Award winning animation studio Pendulum shows a demo of compelling and emotive digital characters from AlterEgo, their facial performance division. AlterEgo demonstrates how they accurately translate an actor’s facial performance into believable and life like 3D character animation.

1 videoclip of the 3D facial animation demo by AlterEgo of Pendulum after the jump.

MythBusters first showed how a CPU drew a smiley face one paint ball at a time and then proceed to show how a GPU used parallel processing to draw an actual Mona Lisa drawing in 80 milli seconds. Add a slow motion version at the end and you get a sensational technology demonstration.

1 videoclip of MythBusters demonstration CPU vs GPU at NVision after the jump.

An intriguing look at how dogs drink recorded at ultra slow motion from Discovery Channel. A comparison is made between how humans drink water like a dog and a real dog drinking. This shows how surprising things can be when we change the lens of time and how we can really see and understand our world in new ways.

1 videoclip of a dog drinking water in slow motion after the jump.

The extremely rare goblin sharks are called ‘tenguzame’ by the Japanese fishermen and are best known to be found from the deep waters around Japan. It has protrusible jaws which probably makes it the strangest of all the sharks.

The goblin shark looks like some kind of prehistoric survivor and preys on deep sea small fish, octopus and crabs.

1 videoclip of the goblin shark after the jump.

This has got to be the coolest unboxing of a product ever. Promotional content for the Omnia i900 by technivator and with the high number of views this is a viral marketing success for Samsung.

Check out the Samsung Omnia i900 unboxing with 1 videoclip after the jump.

There’s a disagreement by the minions of Bowser in how they should deal with the Mario brothers. Unhappy with the restrictions imposed on them, the minion starts to stage a revolt. An original video from College Humor that should entertain those who have played the Mario series.

1 videoclip of Bowser’s minions mutiny after the jump.

In early 2007, modern imaging technology revealed something else on Saturn that astounded scientists. Its something big, strange and never seen in the universe before. Saturn, the solar system’s most bizarre and yet most beautiful has even got even more mysterious.

In 1979 the Voyager spacecraft showed a perfect geometric form over the North Pole. In October 2006, the Cassini craft found that it is still there. The hexagon is similar to Earth’s polar vortex which has winds blowing in a circular fashion around the pole. Saturn’s hexagonal vortex alone can fit 4 Earth’s inside of it.

1 videoclip of the mysterious hexagon on Saturn after the jump.

One will either find this Muppet extremely entertaining or extremely irritating. I on the other hand seems to be addicted to replaying it again and humming meep meep since you have to give credit for the guy who plays the violin on fire.

1 videoclip of Muppet playing Beethoven’s Ode to Joy after the jump.

Officially in the Guinness World Record for lowest street legal car, the Flatmobile stands at just 19 inch or 48 cm tall. You can check the build progress of the FlatMoble at the FlatMobile website. The car is rear mounted with a 875cc engine for propulsion. Obviously inspired from Batmobile, Perry Watkins from England is the proud owner of the FlatMobile.

Check out 8 more pics and 1 more videos of the FlatMobile after the jump.
Source: FlatMobile UK

A time lapse demonstration of digital sculpting on a model of Wolverine using the ZBrush software that allows CG artists to create spectacular organic models in a way that feels like traditional sculpting and painting. For advanced details and guide check out ZBrush Character Creation by Scott Spencer.

1 videoclip of the Wolverine digital sculpting after the jump.

Western Spaghetti is a cool stop motion short from PES that uses different types of objects to represent the ingredients. Brilliant and original animation that’s so full of creative ideas and it is already proving to be a hit on the internet with almost 1 million views on Youtube.

Check out Western Spaghetti stop motion video with 1 video clip after the jump.

Brutal clay animation that start out slow but quickly turns into a blood bath as the faithful maid tries to fend off zombies and took a last resort of wielding a chainsaw. Entertaining piece of work as clay never looked so violent until this came along.

Chainsaw Maid clay animation with 1 videoclip after the jump.

Cute short from Japanese TV that puts the Japanese girl Becky in a cabin to live with two baby red pandas. Red pandas are extremely endangered creatures with only around 2,500 mature individuals and the purpose of this show ‘Tensai! Shimura Dobutsuen’ is to bring awareness to the plight of these animals.

1 videoclip of the cute Japanese girl and the baby red pandas after the jump.

An 80s video that started out with a woman educating on the benefits of eating wholemeal bread for dietary fibre and then turned into some sexy flick dances that shows how bread should be is made.

Somehow this is giving me the urge to make lots of bread and ripping off my shirt.

1 videoclip of how bread is made after the jump.

Ducth contractor Johan Huibers built this replica of the Noah’s Ark in the Netherlands. Approximately to scale the replica is 1/2 the length and 1/3 the width of the Biblical dimensions. Life size models of giraffe, elephants, lions, crocodiles, zebras and other animals greet visitors as they arrive in the main hold.

The ark was built using America cedar and Norwegian pine and visitors was amused at the large size of Noah’s ark albeit the smaller replica which was 5 times smaller. According to Genesis, Noah kept seven pairs of the most domesticated animals and one breeding pair of all other animals.

Check out 12 more pics of the Noah’s ark replica and 3 tour videoclips after the jump.

Source: Pbase

When worlds collide, players would have a chance to pit Mortal Kombat warriors against DC comics super heroes. Imagine Sub-Zero fighting against Batman, Catwoman against Sonya Blade and Superman vs Shang Tsung that would make every little boy’s dream come true. DC characters would have Brutalities while Mortal Kombat characters would have Fatalities. More details can be found at the official website.

These are the latest bunch of screenshots of Mortal Kombat vs DC universe with 11 more pics and 1 videoclip of the trailer after the jump.

Source: Smashum

This is the Coca Cola Happiness Factory – The Movie commercial that show the adventures of a factory worker as he embarks on a quest to replenish the Coke behind the world of a Coke vending machine. A higher definition can be viewed at the Coke site.

This commercial was created by advertising agency at Wieden and Kennedy, Amsterdam which utilized over fifty 3D animators.

The Coca Cola Happiness Factory – The Movie commercial after the jump.