Author Topic: The GIF Thread, v. Do Over (Read 317689 times)

Jaffa · « **Reply #1400 on:** February 06, 2014, 01:21:49 PM »

What is it with cats and lizards?

Orbert · « **Reply #1401 on:** February 06, 2014, 01:30:05 PM »

Reptiles have no glands and thus no smell. It confuses the heck out of cats and other predators who primarily recognize other animals by their smell. Even if they can get over that, the next way to identify something is by its movement, and reptiles have that ability to remain perfectly still, or move just a little bit and then freeze again. This again confuses predators because their eyes are specialized to detect movement more than actual detail. So there's this thing sitting there with no smell and not moving. What the hell is it?!

Jaffa · « **Reply #1402 on:** February 06, 2014, 01:31:13 PM »

Quote from: Orbert on February 06, 2014, 01:30:05 PM

Reptiles have no glands and thus no smell. It confuses the heck out of cats and other predators who primarily recognize other animals by their smell. Even if they can get over that, the next way to identify something is by its movement, and reptiles have that ability to remain perfectly still, or move just a little bit and then freeze again. This again confuses predators because their eyes are specialized to detect movement more than actual detail. So there's this thing sitting there with no smell and not moving. What the hell is it?!

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I was not expecting such a legitimate and informative answer.

Thanks to Orbert for the facts!

Orbert · « **Reply #1403 on:** February 06, 2014, 01:43:39 PM »

I had a friend who owned a few snakes, and that was how he explained it to me. Snakes can take down all kinds of animals, but if it's a mammal, it's particularly easy for them because most of the time they don't even register as a threat until it's too late. A mammal will still be trying to figure out what that thing is, then suddenly its head is down its throat, game over.

? · « **Reply #1404 on:** February 07, 2014, 06:39:43 AM »

Quote from: Jaffa on February 06, 2014, 01:31:13 PM

I was not expecting such a legitimate and informative answer.

Thanks to Orbert for the facts!

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Japanese TV shows...

gmillerdrake · « **Reply #1405 on:** February 07, 2014, 10:04:54 AM »

I think that restaurant gif. looks staged. She starts running at the first stool before she even trips over it. It's pretty bad acting IMO......

That elevator one though.....I think there's a good chance I'd wet myself if that happened....just out of nowhere the floor disappears? Talk about a heart attack...

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #1406 on:** February 07, 2014, 10:50:13 AM »

If the restaurant one is real, then that's one weak ass piece of glass.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1407 on:** February 07, 2014, 11:18:18 AM »

First reaction to the restaurant one was it was staged. She doesn't look that off balance or have so much momentum she can't stop herself. Second, she whips her left elbow at the glass at the last moment. I'm guessing it took a couple of takes to get the glass to break.

lonestar · « **Reply #1408 on:** February 07, 2014, 12:53:44 PM »

Not to mention all the drinks stay firmly on the tray,

Sigz · « **Reply #1409 on:** February 09, 2014, 02:31:57 AM »

Ignoring all the physics stuff, what kind of restaurant has security cameras with that kind of resolution and framerate?

Jaffa · « **Reply #1410 on:** February 09, 2014, 02:51:58 AM »

I'm pretty sure I've seen it before and it ended up being from a commercial, but I could be wrong. Just looks really familiar to me.

KevShmev · « **Reply #1411 on:** February 09, 2014, 09:16:04 AM »

Ah, the classic Jessica Biel gif:

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #1412 on:** February 09, 2014, 12:39:36 PM »

Oh sweet jsesu! Thanks KevShmev for the faps!

Jaffa · « **Reply #1413 on:** February 09, 2014, 01:15:12 PM »

But that leaves out the best part, where she reaches down and adjusts herself...

? · « **Reply #1414 on:** February 10, 2014, 04:26:49 AM »

Nekov · « **Reply #1415 on:** February 10, 2014, 12:44:35 PM »

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #1416 on:** February 12, 2014, 11:30:09 AM »

On the subject of why Hoth never got voted to host the Winter Olympics....

bosk1 · « **Reply #1417 on:** February 12, 2014, 11:40:00 AM »

That is great.

Onno · « **Reply #1418 on:** February 12, 2014, 03:50:20 PM »

That is absolutely fantastic

rickhawk80 · « **Reply #1419 on:** February 12, 2014, 09:03:07 PM »

Downhill Tauntaun races would totally kick ass.

? · « **Reply #1420 on:** February 13, 2014, 03:53:23 AM »

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on February 12, 2014, 11:30:09 AM

On the subject of why Hoth never got voted to host the Winter Olympics....

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #1421 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:02:22 AM »

Orbert · « **Reply #1422 on:** February 13, 2014, 08:02:07 AM »

The juggling one is pretty sweet. I like the forced-perspective motorcycle, too.

kári · « **Reply #1423 on:** February 13, 2014, 02:58:38 PM »

Yeah! Amazing how the one furthest back has to reach out all this way to catch it but it goes spotless!

? · « **Reply #1424 on:** February 15, 2014, 07:00:24 AM »

TioJorge · « **Reply #1425 on:** February 15, 2014, 10:11:20 AM »

Now watch as DTF miraculously rapes each gif, dissecting every second of each one, reminding us that the world is entirely fake.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #1426 on:** February 15, 2014, 10:12:24 AM »

Everyone knows dogs hate trampolines.

Orbert · « **Reply #1427 on:** February 15, 2014, 04:59:35 PM »

I didn't know that. But now I do.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #1428 on:** February 16, 2014, 05:02:53 AM »

I saw guys jumping through hoops like that at the circus last week.

? · « **Reply #1429 on:** February 17, 2014, 03:04:20 AM »

Zook · « **Reply #1430 on:** February 17, 2014, 03:11:12 PM »

That's why you don't move your head, just your eyes.

? · « **Reply #1431 on:** February 18, 2014, 01:45:14 AM »

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #1432 on:** February 18, 2014, 07:21:31 AM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on February 16, 2014, 05:02:53 AM

I saw guys jumping through hoops like that at the circus last week.

I saw the same type of thing at Cirque D'Or. Very real.

yorost · « **Reply #1433 on:** February 19, 2014, 11:22:33 AM »

Chino · « **Reply #1434 on:** February 19, 2014, 12:20:17 PM »

I don't know what's more impressive, the fact he can move like that in sandals, or that sweet ride in the background.

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