Tuna
Pink-Headed Duck
Freehand Bass
Took a whole summer to train the bass this trick (gabe_reel_mc/IG) If he trained this bass to let him pick it up at will then I am impressed. I never thought a fish would be this docile.
Contrast
Good Morning, Glacier National Park! Some areas of Montana saw a fresh 12” of snow overnight after a June 18th winter storm. Here is the “Summer” looking view near Logan Pass. Meteorologist Chris Vickers Heat records being broken everywhere in the east and this out west.
Tibetan Mastiff
Cheap Books
I was at the farmers market, last week, and saw this for 2 dollars. I had read a library copy when it was current and there was a time I would have snapped it up for my collection. I passed it up and felt a milestone had been passed. However, I got this. I had …
Walrus
Making this Parkinson’s drug is just turtles all the way down
L-DOPA is the best drug we have for Parkinson’s disease, but its molecular mirror image, D-DOPA, causes dangerous side effects. Making L-DOPA without also making D-DOPA is surprisingly hard and requires a specific kind of molecule to pull off. But that specific molecule must be made from a different and equally specific molecule. In this …
Deadly Dentition
Chomp on this! Three massive pliosaur teeth from the Late Jurassic of the UK. These are among the largest marine reptile teeth I’ve ever examined. The first is a whopping 22.5 cm long and is from a Pliosaurus. The second is from a Liopleurodon and the third is probably also Pliosaurus. The first photo was …