AI: v1 (First Timer)

SKUNK SHOOTERS: In plants, the chlorophyll molecule aims 2 photons just right at a water molecule in order to split it.

SKUNK SHOOTERS: The lens of our eyes focuses the incoming light onto a tiny place in the back of our eyes called the pigmented epithelium.

SKUNK SHOOTERS: Skunks have at least two nozzles that they squirt their thiol mix through.  Many skunks can shoot 10 feet away!

SKUNK SHOOTERS:  Once skunks use their on-board, one teaspoon, 15 gram supply of 5-6 squirts of its thiols, it takes 10 days to replenish it!

SKUNK SHOOTERS: Thiols have the smelly protein sulfur in them.

SKUNK SHOOTERS: The tomato juice bath is a great way to cut the smell if they peg you or your dog.

HORNED LIZARD: A complex network of micro-channels runs through the horned lizards scales.  It draws water by capillary action to the lizard’s mouth.

HORNED LIZARD:  if stalked by a snake, the horned toad lizard will blow its eyes up to twice their size and then flip itself upside down.

HORNED LIZARD:  The place where the horned toad lizard bubbles blood is called.

HORNED LIZARD:  The horned lizard, when threatened, will partially close the blood vessels to its brain and redirect blood flow to bubble up under pressure next to one of its eyes.