They're filter-feeders, swimming through freshwater, mouth open like a blue whale, feeding on phytoplankton that get caught in special structures at the back of their expansive mouths called gill rakers. They can grow to enormous size (7 ft, 200 lbs) in their very long lives (30-60 years).

When these cosmic ripples pass through Earth, they stretch & squeeze everything, including the laser & detectors on their long tracks. But the movement is incredibly tiny. LIGO must measure a change in its 2.5-mile arms smaller than one-ten-thousandth the width of a single proton.

Here's a slower version with a compact crocodilian. Note that the limbs are tucked to the body & the leverage comes from the neck and tail working against each other. This is purely instinctual & baby gators can do this from birth. It gets less cute as they grow 😬

Look again! That's a common baron caterpillar (Euthalia aconthea) sitting on its favorite food source, a mango leaf. This little guy, native to India & Sri Lanka, has perfect camouflage so long as it stays perfectly centered on the leaf's midrib. (📷: SatyamRajput004)

This little guy is being hand-raised by zoo staff after being rejected by his mother, but he's already got the hang of the hunt. 🐯 Adults weigh only 3-5 lbs, can travel 20 miles in a single night, can leap 5 ft in the air. You can check him out if you happen to be in Waco: www.cameronparkzoo.com

The 'global winter' produced by airborne ash & smoke would have been particularly devastating for animals already hungry & planning for a summer of bountiful foraging, probably magnifying the extinctions caused. And the paddlefish, at least those not buried in ash in North Dakota, kept on swimming.

Karl's shell is also well-adapted to the Life Aquatic, with softer leathery skin like a freshwater softshell turtle, but with the high dome characteristic of ocean dwellers. But it's this last detail that I find most intriguing, and I'll let David Attenborough demonstrate it...

Think of space-time as a giant fabric. Gravity waves are ripples in that fabric caused by violent, high-energy events billions of light-years away. We're talking about colliding black holes, merging neutron stars, or massive exploding stars warping space itself.

You're looking at a Rainbow Tripod Fish (genus Bathypterois) observed on a blackwater dive near Cozumel, MX. This species demonstrates "ontogenetic vertical migration": young of this species mimic jellyfish near the surface, but descend in depth as they age. (📷: Frida Yolotzin, Blackwater Cozumel)

Screech owls fully replace their feathers every year, usually in late summer & are known for "catastrophic" molting where they lose non-flight feathers in big patches all at once. So Sassafras here gets to go through an 'awkward haircut' phase for a few weeks every year.

Husted and Ashley Moody speak to Trump like he's a toddler

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💯 "We can do better than this" ⚠ First Past the Post does not command public confidence when it comes to mayoral elections, says Angela Rayner 👉 The same is true of general elections. We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform

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🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸Israeli forces stormed a wedding in the West Bank and kidnapped the groom during the celebration. Depraved sadists 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

JD Vance uncharacteristically blames something on Joe Biden, American spies in Greenland, a massive airstrike in Ukraine, the average Russian who loves helping the Ukrainians, and more! Listen and watch on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3rKr... Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/v_mm1PY874U

The US Constitution is 7,500 words. You could read it in under an hour. He apparently couldn't be bothered. Or more likely can't read. New piece. Trump vs the Constitution. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/austinsi... #Constitution #Trump #Emoluments #WarPowers

Great to see that he was outed. Not so friendly neighbourhood Bobby 👮‍♂️ 👏👏👏

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Nobody successful is doing this alone. Social media is lying to you. The people trying to copy “self-made” narratives are the brokest ones. Tune in: https://youtube.com/live/-zVFpma6U3g?feature=share #theuntraditionalentrepreneur #teamwins #businessfacts #entrepreneurfocus

Nebenzya: "So, this is the difference between - I mean, I'm not saying that the war is a good thing, I'm not enjoying it - but I mean, in this kind of hostilities, yes, there are civilian victims, but the difference is that we never go after civilians deliberately."

"Comedian" Dave Landau on Fox News: "You look at somebody like Bad Bunny or you look at somebody like Trevor Noah. They don't have the actual ability to talk trash in their own countries ... in their homeland they would be killed for doing the very same thing." (Bad Bunny is from Puerto Rico)

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Reports that the administration is considering sending special forces to seize heavily fortified nuclear sites in Iran are dangerous and alarming. No boots on the ground in Iran.

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From Berlin and Brussels to Nairobi, music and diplomacy in perfect sync. This week, #BaloziSpeaks features Ambassador of Germany Sebastian Groth 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 German Embassy Nairobi Tune in TV 47 Kenya📺on Sunday at 8PM #EUKenya50

Gov. Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency in northern NM, citing rising crime, overdoses & homelessness. Española Police Chief Mizel Garcia joins Chris & Gabby to explain why he wants help from the National Guard & how $750K in emergency funds could help. 🎧

And in the beginning 🫣😠🇵🇸🤨👇🏼

It’s time to turn UP!!! 🪩✨

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Trump’s rollback of the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emisions will hurt you financially. We already known his past cuts to green energy investments will cost Americans almost a million jobs in the next decade and raise Americans’ energy costs by $38 billion.

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🇫🇷 Paris is being set ablaze tonight — not by conflict, but by celebration.

When her son's middle school went phone-free, Lesley had questions. What parents on the other side of the transition describe about #PhoneFreeSchools: less anxiety, more connection, stronger community. Get YOUR questions answered at unplugplugin.org #BellToBell #copolitics

What was the weather like on the day you were born, or at a key moment in history? With the Weather Replay app from #CopernicusClimate, you can explore & compare past weather around the world, hour by hour, from 1940 to just a few days ago. 🔗Read more climate.copernicus.eu/weather-repl... @ecmwf.int

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✨️ The realm of Halondrar rises in the Dun Hills, only to fall just as quickly into history. Follow along as we share daily lore leading up to Guide to the Dalelands. Join the mailing list at realmsbound.com ✨ #dnd #forgottenrealms #realmsbound #TTRPG

White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka says "left-wing violence" is "in ascendance" and that it's "often transgender, anti-Christian, anti-Western civilizational violence."

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What Is the World Bank? – Steve Hendrix with the ‘Global Minute’

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💢 'Caso Leire': los pagos de la trama. La UCO señala a Cerdán para mantener la trama 💬 "Humildemente, le recomendaría que no hace falta hablar de sicarios", afirma Marta G. Montero en #MalasLenguas

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Recent footage of Pinky Jr. (Dou Ban) exploring her yard at Vienna Zoo 🩷

Matsuyama Airport, Ehime, Japan #Japan #Nippon

Kelani Jordan is ready for her SHOT! 🤩 @kelani_wwe

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