Elizabethan collar

An Elizabethan collar or space collar is a protective medical device worn by an animal, usually a cat or dog. Shaped like a truncated cone, its purpose is to prevent the animal from biting or licking at its body or scratching at its head or neck while wounds or injuries heal. (more...)

Bar Jack!

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Carangoides ruber, or the bar jack is an ocean-dwelling fish commonly found in the central Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean. It is a fairly popular sport fish and can be caught on light tackle. However, most recorded ciguatera cases on the island of St. Thomas can be traced to this single species.

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My Friend, The Giant Ground Sloth

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Megatherium ("Great Beast") was a genus of elephant-sized ground sloths that lived from 2 million to 8,000 years ago. A related genus was Nothrotheriops, which were primarily bear-sized ground sloths. The rhinoceros-sized Promegatherium is suggested to be the ancestor of Megatherium.

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