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Some years ago a lady brought to the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh a trout covered with a fine coat of white fur. It was pleasingly mounted on a wooden shield and was labelled as follows:
FUR BEARING TROUT
Very Rare
Caught while trolling in Lake Superior off Gros Cap, Near Sault Ste. Marie, district of Algoma. It is believed that the great depth and the extreme penetrating coldness of the water in which these fish live has caused them to grow their dense coat of (usually) white fur. Mounted by ROSS C. JOBE, Taxidermist of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Visiting the museum to find out more about her unique fish, the lady was told that it was undoubtedly a trout (either brown or brook) and that its fine white coat was undoubtedly from a rabbit, whereupon she immediately presented the fish to the museum. She had bought this fake in good faith which indicates that the idea of a fur-bearing trout did not seem outlandish to her.
―Stanley Peter Dance, Animal Fakes & Frauds, 1976
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thinking about that one episode of fantastic four: world's mightiest heroes where johnny hires a freelance photographer to follow him around and make him look good
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Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared
The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!
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Gazania rigens (African daisy)
I love gazanias for their two-tone petals and we've grown them every summer for decades. This plant is native to coastal areas in Southern Africa but beautiful though they are, they're also highly invasive. African daisies are now 'naturalized' in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, Portugal, California, Argentina and a number of oceanic islands.
We used to grow Gazanias in the back garden but for the past three or four years we've resorted to pots on a table on the back deck. The reason for all this added security is the arrival of Sylvilagus floridanus, the eastern cottontail rabbit. Once restricted to midwestern North America it expanded it's range as the forests were cut down to make rangeland. Now Peter Cottontail has made it to the Pacific coast and my back garden.
Like all rabbits, this species prefers young, tender shoots and is particularly fond of lettuce, beans, carrots and broccoli. The eastern cottontail also chows down on gazanias, marigolds, pansies, and petunias. Last year's vegetable garden was a total wipeout and the only thing they left alone was the garlic and the foxgloves!
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Photography by Peter Dominic
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A Steller’s sea eagle in flight.
© Peter Taylor / Fliclr
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Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole
on the set of The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter(1968)
directed by Anthony Harvey
Peter O'Toole
as Henry II
Katharine Hepburn
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
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https://myfavoritepeterotoole.tumblr.com/post/678948316066807808/katharine-hepburn-and-peter-otoole-on-the-set-of
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"Chorus girls watching the Ed Sullivan television show at the Roxy Movie Theater dressing room, 1958."
Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
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