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| Red foxes have a vocal range that spans five octaves. | |
| By Michael Nordine | |
| There may not be any red fox pop stars (yet), but maybe there should be. In addition to being the most widespread carnivore in the world, they also have a vocal range that spans five octaves and can produce around 40 different vocalizations. Without training, the average human has a vocal range of one-and-a-half to two octaves; Mariah Carey, meanwhile, has a five-octave range — making her an extraordinarily gifted (human) singer. Should you ever find yourself startled by an unidentified sound in the forest, you’ll be both surprised and comforted to learn it was likely made by a red fox: surprised at the impressive range of their vocalizations and comforted because it isn’t coming from a larger, more frightening animal. | |
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The smallest flower in the world is the size of a candy sprinkle. | |
| The world’s smallest flower is commonly found throughout North America (and the globe), but its bloom is so small, you may never catch a glimpse. It measures around 1/42 of an inch long and 1/85 of an inch wide — or about the size of a candy sprinkle. But it’s not just its minuscule size that makes this flower distinctive. | |
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| Some sea turtles have spikes in their mouths and throats. | |
| By Michael Nordine | |
| We tend to think of sea turtles as calm, docile creatures that represent the vast serenity of the sea — but then, most of us have never seen the inside of their mouths. Many sea turtles have sharp spikes known as esophageal papillae in their throat, which help them with one of their favorite activities: eating jellyfish. Those backward-facing spikes aren’t teeth, however; they’re made of keratin and essentially act as a filter that guides jellyfish into their stomach and prevents them from stinging the turtle’s throat along the way. Sea turtles tend to ingest a lot of seawater when feeding, which they essentially vomit back up once they’re done, and the papillae ensures their food isn’t expelled along with it. | |
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| Dear Friend, |
| Words can quietly reveal the worldview that created them. |
| Antibiotic is one of them. Anti. Against. Bios. Life. |
| For generations, we have become extraordinarily skilled at identifying what we do not want and removing it: the unwanted bacterium or the weed in the field. |
| But if we can move away from seeing what is to be removed to what is to be restored, our understanding of life itself changes. |
| This is the threshold I call the Biological Renaissance. Not a rejection of everything that came before us, but a widening of the aperture. |
| From attacking what appears broken toward understanding the relationships that allow life to organize, communicate, adapt, and regenerate. |
| And that shift means very little if it remains an idea. |