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Plant Expert Explains How it Spreads, Burns, and Blinds | Inverse

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Giant Hogweed: Plant Expert Explains How it Spreads, Burns, and Blinds | Inverse

About a century ago, New England garden enthusiasts adopted the British trend of cultivating a towering, white-blossomed plant called giant hogweed in their yards. Considered ‘ornamental’, the plant can grow up to 14 feet tall and cradles bunches of tiny flowers in its stems. It’s already taken root in ten states and was recently found in Virginia, but nobody thinks it’s beautiful anymore. It’s hard to look kindly on a plant that can sear human flesh with a third-degree burn

Ducks and Geese on the Ranch

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My parents have had ducks at various points in time. Everything that Mike says about them in this video is 100% accurate, they are super messy, dumb, and may a handy snack for predators.

Why Do Dogs Look So Sad? – The Atlantic

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Why Do Dogs Look So Sad? – The Atlantic

Dogs, more so than almost any other domesticated species, are desperate for human eye contact. When raised around people, they begin fighting for our attention when they’re as young as four weeks old. It’s hard for most people to resist a petulant flash of puppy-dog eyes—and according to a new study, that pull on the heartstrings might be exactly why dogs can give us those looks at all.

A paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that dogs’ faces are structured for complex expression in a way that wolves’ aren’t, thanks to a special pair of muscles framing their eyes. These muscles are responsible for that “adopt me” look that dogs can pull by raising their inner eyebrows. It’s the first biological evidence scientists have found that domesticated dogs might have evolved a specialized ability used expressly to communicate better with humans.