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The Amazing Remote Control Otters!

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:11:07 -0700

(25 votes - 4 comments - 431 views)
Via CuteOverload:

OK, for this next trick, you need to get a remote-control device. TV, stereo, it doesn't really matter, as long as it has a really big button on it. Go ahead, we'll wait. (elevator music, dum dee dum...) Got it? Now, incredible as this may sound, your remote control will let you switch off these otters' brains all at once. Start the video, and get ready to push the really big button ... right ... about ...

(00:24) ... now. Was that cool or what?!
Wait, we're gonna do it again. On your mark ... get set ...

(00:36) ... click.

Simon's Cat - TV Dinner

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:12:48 -0700

(92 votes - 12 comments - 3143 views)
A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures to gain its owner's attention.

Kitten making biscuits

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:31:26 -0700

(28 votes - 2 comments - 539 views)
Haven't posted a shameless cutesy vid in a while, I think...

Mutegi the cat jumps 7 feet!

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:15:16 -0700

(28 votes - 5 comments - 604 views)
From YT:

This is Mutegi (pronounced 'mo-the-gee'), aka: 'Mo'. Mutegi is a 20-month old F1 Savannah cat who can jump like no other cat I've ever seen. Mo's very shy around strangers, so most people don't get to see him put on a show like this. And this is definitely something you'll have to see to believe!!

Savannahs are a hybrid between a domestic cat and African serval. The "F" designation refers to which generation the hybrid animal is. The "F1" designation means that Mutegi is a "first generation" animal - In other words, he's a direct offspring of a domestic cat and a serval (making him 50% serval). An F2 Savannah would be the offspring of an F1 Savannah female and a domestic male (and subsequently, 25% serval).

For more information on Savannahs, check out these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_cat
http://www.savannahcat.com

Behold the evil power of Otters!

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:59:51 -0700

(34 votes - 3 comments - 608 views)
They cannot be stopped.

Grave of the Fireflies - Trailer

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:53:21 -0700

(26 votes - 7 comments - 578 views)
This post reminded me of this incredibly moving anime, Grave of the Fireflies.

Farhad has another video here, and I'll quote what he said there:

Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓, Hotaru no Haka?) is a 1988 anime movie written and directed by Isao Takahata for Studio Ghibli. It is an adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka, intended as a personal apology to the author's own sister. Some critics (most notably Roger Ebert) consider it to be one of the most powerful anti-war movies ever made. Animation historian Ernest Rister compares the film to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List and says, "it is the most profoundly human animated film I've ever seen."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_fireflies

Henri the haunted kitty

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:48:07 -0700

(19 votes - 6 comments - 672 views)
It ain't easy bein' furry!

Kate Bush - Babooshka

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:55:16 -0700

(14 votes - 1 comment - 328 views)
"Babooshka" is a song by British singer Kate Bush, taken from her album Never for Ever. Released as a single on June 23, 1980 it spent 10 weeks in the UK chart, peaking at number five. The song chronicles a wife's desire to test her husband's loyalty. To do so, she takes on the nom de plume of Babooshka and writes to her husband in the guise of a young, seductive woman -- something which she fears is the opposite of how her husband currently sees her (Hence the barbed lines: "Just like his wife before she freezed on him / Just like his wife when she was beautiful...").

The trap is set when, in her bitterness and paranoia, Babooshka arranges to meet with her husband, who is attracted to the character that reminds him of his wife in earlier times. She thereby ruins the relationship due to her paranoia, according to Kate Bush's 1980 interview [1] with the Australian TV series Countdown.

Hexstatic feat. Sabirajade - Roll Over

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:08:22 -0700

(16 votes - 4 comments - 483 views)
Music video for the track "Roll Over" by Hexstatic featuring Sabirajade.

An Engineer's Guide to Cats

berticus (http://www.videosift.com/member/berticus) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:12:31 -0700

(171 votes - 21 comments - 9178 views)
"Two professional engineers illustrate the proper care and practical benefits of cats. None of the cats, humans, or engineers were mistreated in the making of this film. They were however, slightly annoyed."