Pandas are adorable roly poly creatures, and this fact is only heightened when it snows. The National Zoo released a video over the weekend of giant pandas Tian Tian and Mei Xiang rolling around and sliding in the snow in their habitats in Washington D.C. Only about 2 or 3 inches of snow fell, but that was more than enough for the pandas to have a great snow day. Enjoy the GIFs below, and if you're after more cute animal stories, check out these cute dwarf giraffes.
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Sometimes we all need a little pick-me-up, especially when it's around the holiday season. There's no better way to cheer yourself up than chuckling at a few sneaky GIFs, so go ahead and treat yourself to some early holiday laughter.
Want to check out some educational GIFs? Have a look at this Mars rover that passed it's driving test.
The renowned classic graphic designer Saul Bass, famous for his many movie posters and title scenes, also drew the poster for the Stanley Kubrick creepfest The Shining.
The AV Club posted some of the Bass' lost posters which Kubrick rejected out right. The classically fussy English director also penciled his criticisms in the haunting art.
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This week, most of Georgia was a panic after receiving barely an inch like 30 feet of snow. Many cars wound up in ditches on the side of the road, including some pretty heavy duty haulers. One driver of a Dodge Challenger was unfazed though, as he sped bravely through two semi-trucks careening off the road. If any major Hollywood studio out there needs a stunt driver, you know who to call...
With space technology increasing rapidly, we're learning more than ever about the planets in our galaxies. In the latest news, radar evidence shows that one of Saturn's moons is snowing. Yep, snow isn't only an Earth thing. And the weirder part? It's snow is falling onto the other moons of Saturn too. I had no idea that could even happen.
When Reddit a user posted a video showing a 200 foot long object that had skidded in the snow for over 3000 feet, it wasn't long before believers in aliens confirmed that it is a UFO crash site. Although experts say that the supposed UFO is actually a chunk of ice that fell from an avalanche, it's impossible to know what the truth really is. You'll have to make your own decision about it.
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When you sit on Santa’s lap what do you ask for? A puppy? Rollerskates? For grandpa to still be alive?
Well, these little girls wanted nothing more than a white Christmas. But one cannot control the weather — not yet anyway — leaving this dad, and defacto Santa Claus, out in the cold. But this isn’t the time for sitting down. This when you lace up your snow boots and get to work.
Asif Sheikk of London ordered a truck of snow to order roughly three tons of snow to a communal garden near his house to create a small patch of winter wonderland.
"It was a bit of a race to get it all set up before the girls woke,” he told The Daily Mail. "I had to make sure my wife kept the curtains closed while I built the snowman and placed the cameras. It was a lot of effort but it was so worth it just to see their faces – they totally loved it.”
Check out the video for yourself and let your heart be warmed already.
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Obviously she's too small to dig you out of your house, but look at those snow swimming skills! Surely she could manage to bring you a slice of pizza in your time of need.
Last year was all about snacking rodents. Hopefully this year will not turn out to be all about rodents dealing with harsh weather conditions.
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After the Smithsonian zoo posted a video of their panda Tian Tian having fun in the snow, a Maryland man followed up with a challenge dressed as a panda.
Who will win in this fierce competition? My money is still on the panda.
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'Good deeds don't go unpunished,' demonstrated Mother Nature, or Jack Frost.
24-year-old Matthew Bove hit Twitter Monday morning to share a spectacular photo, which depicts an impossible stroke of bad luck. Or this dude dipped overcharged his karma bank recently. Either way Bove made the safe decision to leave his car overnight by a bar him and his friends had spent their evening at. So Kudos to Bove for making the right call.
What happens when you park your car near Rt. 5 @WKBW @7FirstAlert #Buffalo pic.twitter.com/lEqoOXHlz8
— Matthew Bové (@Matt_Bove) January 11, 2016
What you see here is the icy aftermath of what's called the lake-effect phenomenon. This takes place when a cold front absorbs moisture as it passes over a big, warm body of water, and then tends to produce absurd amounts of snowfall.
For a moment there we thought this might be the latest in a string of prior Jimmy Kimmel vs. John Krasinski & Emily Blunt pranks. In case you were unaware those two star-studded teams have been exchanging Christmas-wrapped cars for blows in an epic ongoing prank war.
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In Montreal on Sunday a traffic cam caught a resplendent snowy owl amidst an otherwise mundane winter commute.
But really, it looks like Hedwig's busy as ever.
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Via Rolf Steinmann
Bundle up and sip on something warm for this profound glimpse into the resilient wonders of the Arctic.
