The largest recorded specimen of the lion’s mane jellyfish washed up on the shore of Massachusetts Bay in 1870. Its bell had a diameter of 7 feet and 6 inches and its tentacles were 120 feet long.
differences in the brain’s serotonin system in females and males.
females and males differ in terms of the number of binding sites for serotonin in certain parts of the brain. this may account for the higher occurrence of depression and anxiety in females.
The Morning Glory Pool is a hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, It used to be completely blue, but its vent was clogged by tourists throwing in sticks, rocks, pennies, etc… Bastages.
Unlike most other bony fish, boxfish have a protective covering of large, thick, joined scale plates which create an armour for protection against predators. Boxfish have the additional advantage of being poisonous to eat.
Due to this armour, boxfish can’t bend their bodies to swim or hunt. Therefore, when feeding they often blow a jet of water at the sand to expose the prey hidden beneath, and then suck it up like a vacuum cleaner.