Tag: river
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Meet the electric eel
It’s been a stressful and exciting week in my household. We had a big rainstorm over the weekend, and our roof started leaking. Not great! But want to know what was even worse? Water started coming out of our breaker box…yeah, not an ideal scenario! It’s all fixed now, but it got come thinking –…
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Meet the Mary River turtle
It’s time for another turtle, but you may only have heard of it if you’re in the punk scene. This is the Mary River turtle, aka the punk turtle on the internet, because it grows a green algae mohawk in its Australian river home. Unfortunately, scientists don’t tend to call it ‘punk turtle’ and instead…
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Meet the common snapping turtle
We’re over halfway through May, and we all know what that means: it’s almost World Turtle Day! World Turtle Day is May 23, a day to celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises. And there isn’t a better way to celebrate than by learning more about one of the largest turtles we have in North America:…
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Meet the Atlantic salmon
This week is National Library Week! And there’s no better way to celebrate than taking a closer look at an animal that represents knowledge and wisdom. Now I could do a ‘typical’ animal representing wisdom like owls, but what’s the fun in that? Instead, let’s take a closer look at an animal you might not…
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Meet the Tiktaalik
Today’s animal (fossil?) started as a request from my partner. A guitarist from a band he likes just released a Tiktaalik-inspired solo album, and he wanted to know more. And then, just a few days later, we saw a Tiktaalik exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History! So I obviously HAD to tell you…