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A few bowhead whales born around 1815 might still be alive. They were in their 30s when they first saw a commercial whaling ship; in their 60s when they first heard a propellor; over 100 the first time they heard sonar. I wonder if they remember the silent ocean.
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#FossilFriday New work by @Formorphology just out in Current Biology quantifies burst swimming speeds in mosasaurs! Based on her results, this is how we imagined a fully-grown Tylosaurus could successfully breach. Paper below
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Meet Planctoteuthis sp. 🦑
“Images have finally enabled the description of this tail, but no one knows what it is used for. It looks like a siphonophore from a distance, and one hypothesis is that it could be used for siphonophore mimicry.” — #SamplingGap Co-chief Sci Dr. Perez
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The "Karetai Carcass" was entangled in the lines of the vessel where it had been fed upon by cookiecutter sharks. The original film was recovered from the first mate of the Karetai after the publication of the image in 2019. Analysis of the image has been inconclusive thus far.
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When you hear people say “let them drown”, this is what those words mean.
Un homme, mort, gisant dans l’eau après avoir tenté de traverser la Manche pour trouver refuge au Royaume-Uni.
Cette image a été prise par le photojournaliste Sameer Al-Doumi sur la plage d’Hardelot, en France, il y a deux jours.
Dans l’indifférence.
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Yi qi is known for its bizarre webbed wings, but we should also appreciate its equally peculiar head and dentition.
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5 'Just Stop Oil' protestors are currently serving 4-year prison sentences for discussing, during a zoom meeting, the possibility of blocking road traffic. Is this 2-tier policing?
Hundreds of demonstrators dressed in black and wearing balaclavas blocked the streets around Dover earlier today, shouting 'stop the boats' in what the Port of Dover described as a 'public order incident'.
The protest seemed to take the police by surprise and intimidated residents.
The demonstrators were eventually escorted to the railway station. It appears an anti-immigration group with links to the far right have claimed responsibility for the demonstration.
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EARTHQUAKES ARE CAUSED BY THE WORLD SPIDER'S LEGS MOVING SHE HAS MANY MORE THAN EIGHT LEGS THEY STRETCH THROUGH FAULT LINES AND ENCIRCLE THE CONTINENTS SHE DOES THIS ON PURPOSE TO AVENGE HER CHILDREN THAT WE KILL YOU MUST BE KINDER TO SMALL THINGS FOR WE ARE SMALL THINGS TOO
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3D Artist Bogdan Lazar has shared a free tutorial on rigging and animating Gaussian Splats in Houdini.
The project files are also free: 80.lv/articles/free-tutorial…
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The spectre of the Cretaceous depths, Nanaimoteuthis, preys upon a young elasmosaur that strayed too deep.
Dazzled by bioluminescense and running out of air there's little hope of survival.
ALT A 3d render of the cretaceous extinct octopus Nanaimoteuthis predating upon a small elasmosaur.
ALT A 3d render of the cretaceous extinct octopus Nanaimoteuthis predating upon a small elasmosaur.
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Cleveland Shales
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Dunkleosteous and its Diplognathus prey is pursued by a Gorgonichthys, a Gymnotrachelus and a trio of Cladoselache. Bottom left, a Bungartius and 3 Tegeolepis exit the scene. The ruckus disturbs shoals of ammonites and osteocones.
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They were acquitted on all charges until the State forced a rigged retrial that lied to the jury.
This wasn't justice. It was the death of it in Britain.
Smashing up other people’s property is illegal. Injuring a police office with a sledge hammer is illegal.
Having a political motivation for illegal acts doesn’t stop it being illegal.
Samuel Corner, 8 years 8 months for GBH and Criminal Damage
Charlotte Head and Leona Kamio, 6 years 45 days for Criminal Damage
Fatema Rajwani, 5 years 8 months for Criminal Damage