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  How to explore neurotoxins without animal testing

  futurity.org - Dominic Jarvis-Queensland

  A new way to assess a group of deadly neurotoxins could replace conventional methods that require killing animal test subjects, researchers say. “The …

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  Turtles Line Up For A Scrub When They Notice Lady Has A Brush

  thedodo.com - Stephen Messenger

  One gracious visitor to the Singapore Botanic Gardens has evidently found the key to the hearts of a group of turtles living there. That key? Well, …

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  Pesticides Are Harming Bees in Literally Every Possible Way

  WIRED - Liza Gross

  The weed killer dicamba is emerging as a big culprit in the mass die-off of bees. This story originally appeared on Reveal and is part of the Climate …

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  Jellyfish are the ‘snack food’ of the sea—and that’s a good thing

  National Geographic - Joshua Rapp Learn

  Gelatinous blobs with stinging tentacles may not sound like gourmet dining, but a new review of marine life shows that many species routinely snack on ocean jellies. In fact, some may depend on the calories they contain. Jellyfish were previously thought to be a dead end for the food web due to …

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  Nov 22, 2018
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  Dead sperm whale found in Indonesia had ingested '6kg of plastic'

  BBC News

  BBC News The dead sperm whale, which washed ashore in Indonesia, had ingested nearly 6kg of plastic waste. Dead sperm whale found in Indonesia had ingested '6kg of plastic'