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“It comes in pintshalf-pints?”
Why yes it does.
A new half-pint sized “Wendigo in a Can” is now available in our Etsy shop.
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Arc: A Starless Clan
Type: Chapter header
Country: North America
Source:https://warriors.fandom.com/wiki/Warriors_Wiki
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Arc: A Starless Clan
Type: Chapter header
Country: North America
Source:https://warriors.fandom.com/wiki/Warriors_Wiki
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Arc: A Starless Clan
Type: Chapter header
Country: North America
Source:https://warriors.fandom.com/wiki/Warriors_Wiki
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While the vaquita is not deliberately hunted by humans, its downfall has been the extensive fishing of the totoaba, a fish whose swim bladder is a delicacy in China. Gill nets used to catch totoaba have quite literally massacred the vaquita - over 80% of their population disappeared between 2008 and 2015.
Government efforts to preserve the species were perfunctory - “vaquita-safe” nets proved nowhere near as effective as the old gill nets, fishermen rioted when a related fishery was shut down for fear of it being used as a cover for tatoaba poaching (ironic, as that fishery used safer nets), and compensatory monthly checks to men losing their livelihood were meager, sometimes less than a man could make in a single day’s fishing. The export of tataobas was banned and a marine reserve established, but poaching and smuggling is rampant, and there is little incentive to stop it. A single tatoaba bladder can bring in $20 000, while the fine for being caught poaching is about $500. Even now, the controversial Sea Shepherd is one of the few ships patrolling for poachers, and they can do little but film and report them. In the meantime, dead vaquita continue to be pulled from the waters.
The latest estimates say there may be only 12 vaquita left in the world. If the vaquita goes extinct, it will be the first extinction of a marine mammal since the loss of the baijiin 2006.
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Thevaquita has the most restricted range of any marine cetacean, as they are endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California. They have evolved to live in shallow, murky water, sometimes so shallow that their backs protrude from the water. Unlike many other marine animals, they can also cope with the rapid and extreme temperature changes that can occur in shallow water.
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Because of the vaquita’s low numbers, the National Marine Mammal Foundation attempted to start a captive breeding program. However, after a female vaquita died of stress shortly after being captured, the program was abandoned. It is unlikely a similar program will be attempted in the future.
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Thevaquita is Mexico’s only endemic marine mammal. The name vaquita is Spanish for “little cow”, and other names for the species include cochito (Spanish for “little pig”), desert porpoise, vaquita porpoise, Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Gulf of California porpoise, and gulf porpoise.
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Great shot of the North American F-100 Super Sabre (or “Hun”, as it was sometimes called) getting airborne at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Photo by Michael Rollinger. Used with permission.
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Sasquatch
Some believe that the uncannily huge footprints discovered in the wilderness of North America, particularly concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, are left behind by the Sasquatch (AKA “Bigfoot”). Its origins are thought to have roots in Indigenous folklore but over time, its legend has been bolstered by unsubstantiated stories of sightings by settlers, loggers, and cryptozoological enthusiasts alike.
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The Hyampom Hog Bear is a bear that was reported by the lumberjacks in North America. The Hyampom Hog Bear is described as a bear with curly brown furn and a sharp nose. The Hyampom Hog Bear is said to love to eat pigs alive by taking massive bites out of them while the pigs scream.
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Red satin T-strap shoes decorated with metallic gold color rivets.
Frank Brothers Footwear Inc.
USA.
c. 1925-28
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Lute, ca. 1996
Richard Berg (Ottawa, Canada)
-Materials: Body: Rosewood, Spruce • Neck: Ebonized Plywood • Pegbox Design/Other Parts: Recycled Ivory, Plastic
-Length: 50 cm
-Strings: 24 [gut] - 11 double courses, 2 single courses
-Other Notes: Created in the style of a 1596 lute by Hans Burkholzer, later modified by Thomas Edlinger in 1706. The original ivory instrument is in Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Source:Canadian-MoH
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‘”A bunch of 4 ribbons narrow – Yellow, Blue, Green, & Pink”. Silk ribbons tied in a bunch with a knot. Foundling number 170. A girl admitted 9 December 1743. Given the name Pamela Townley by the Foundling Hospital. Died 1 September 1746.’ © Coram
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Two P-51D’s and a P-38 from Jack Croul’s Allied Fighters Collection in Chino, CA. You never get to see this stuff here at SNA!
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