During a downward stroke, a valve expands against the chamber walls, forming a seal and acting like a piston to force venom towards the exit.
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Mike McRae
October 12,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2026
While top-loading machines don’t have as many problems with moldy door seals, letting the drum dry when the machine is not in use is still a good idea.
Everyone thinks their kids’ slang is ridiculous and their parents’ politics naive.
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Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
17 Oct. 2026
Mitt reminds me of these famous sports dads — Earl Woods, Richard Williams, Marv Marinovich — who put a golf club or tennis racket or football in their kids’ cribs.
Among them was a 61-year-old woman tipped out of her canoe by an alligator in 2025 and an 85-year-old widow who was dragged out of her backyard by an alligator while walking her dog in 2023.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Oct. 2026
Among those killed was a 61-year-old woman tipped out of her canoe by an alligator in 2025 and an 85-year-old widow who was dragged out of her backyard by an alligator while walking her dog in 2023.
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Julie Carr Smyth,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Oct. 2026
At Lacoste, the classic crocodile logo was inverted on polos, while Gucci’s Demna and Dries Van Noten’s Julian Klausner gave rugbys a bougie Euro spin.
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Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2026
In June, a three-year-old boy was seriously injured in Cambridgeshire, after allegedly being thrown into a crocodile enclosure by a stranger.
Animals that are also on the company’s de-extinction to-do list include the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, the ostrich-like moa, and the antelope-like quagga.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
14 Oct. 2026
The government also authorized this week the killing of dozens of antelope as part of the initiative, which coincided with Botswana celebrating the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain on Wednesday.
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