Category: Deep Dives
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The corpse flower spends years preparing to smell terrible. This is commitment. A mature plant stores energy underground in a corm that can weigh well over a hundred pounds.
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The moose looks unfinished. The legs are too long. The torso is enormous. The head extends into an oversized nose.
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John Wesley Powell looked at the Green and Colorado river system in 1869 and decided to travel through its canyons in wooden boats.
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A pika looks like a hamster designed by someone who had recently seen a rabbit. It is small. Round. Ear-forward.