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Photo by @mogenstrolle The giant, wobbly nose of the saiga is an advanced air- conditioning system. During the summer the nose cools down the blood of the antelope allowing it to survive extreme heat. During the freezing winter the nose heats up the air before it enters the lungs, so inhaling doesn’t cool down the animal. Also, the nose works as a dust filter which is important during the migrations over the dry plains of Central Asia where the saigas kick up a lot of dust. Here a female from the Russian steppe. #wild #nature #nose #wildlife #saiga #russia #naturegeography https://www.instagram.com/p/Byc8rueASPL/?igshid=7e1qy2aqhzcw
Microplastics Have Invaded The Deep Ocean — And The Food Chain
The largest habitat for life on Earth is the deep ocean. It’s home to everything from jellyfish to giant blue-fin tuna. But the deep ocean is being invaded by tiny pieces of plastic — plastic that people thought was mostly floating at the surface, and in amounts they never imagined.
Very few people have looked for microplastic concentrations at mid- to deep-ocean depths. But there’s a place along the California coast where it’s relatively easy: The edge of the continent takes a steep dive into the deep ocean at Monterey Bay. Whales and white sharks swim these depths just a few miles offshore.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute perches on the shoreline. At an MBARI dock, you can see on of their most sophisticated tools for doing that: a multi-million-dollar machine called Ventana sitting on the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson. “It’s a massive underwater robot,” explains Kyle Van Houtan, chief scientist with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which collaborates with MBARI. “Robotic arms, a lot of sensors, machinery, lights, video cameras.”
Any government or system that wouldn’t give this poor kid a walker for free should be overthrown
And assuming that this DIY one is perfectly capable, if an acceptable one can be slapped together with parts found at the local Home Depot, maybe we need to ask why insurance corporations are charging so much for one in the first place.
Once we no longer have to support a handful of parasitic billionaires, medical costs would drop greatly.
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