Goldie the Pufferfish Went to the Dentist for Work – Now Look at Her Smile:
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A pufferfish named Goldie was recently rushed to an animal dentist to have her teeth sawed in half after they grew so long she was unable to eat. Goldie the porcupine pufferfish was losing weight because of her giant teeth and so her owner Mark Byatt rushed her over to a vet to get checked out. Pufferfish teeth (called beaks) grow continuously throughout their lives, but usually are worn down and kept short through eating. However, because the pufferfish was not as forthcoming in eating food as the other fish in her tank, she continuously ate less and less food, which allowed her teeth to grow to an abnormal length. Expert animal dentists at Linnaeus-owned Sandhole Veterinary Center in Snodland, Kent, used a special saw to gently trim her inch-long teeth in half to allow her to eat. The procedure went well and when reintroduced to water it only took 5 minutes for her to start moving around and was energetic as ever. Goldie took it all like a champ and now she is smiling wide with her now shorter chompers ready to go back home.
Billionaire Mark Cuban Opens Online Pharmacy To Provide Affordable Generic Drugs:
Mark Cuban has officially launched his newest venture known as the online pharmacy Cost Plus Drugs. The launch comes just weeks after the company’s pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) operation was established; both are efforts in the pursuit to help shield consumers from inflated drug prices. As a registered pharmaceutical wholesaler, MCCPDC can bypass inflated markups. The pharmacy’s prices reflect actual manufacturer prices plus a flat 15% margin and pharmacist fee. Because the company refuses to pay spread prices to third-party PBM administrators in order to be allowed to process insurance claims, the online pharmacy will be a cash pay venture. However, its model means patients can immediately purchase a broad array of medications at prices often less than what most insurance plans’ deductible and copay requirements would total.
Visit ‘Fortlandia’ Where Designers Have Built Odes to Childhood Fort-Building in Austin, Texas:
By Leonid Furmansky for Perkins & Will architects
An annual mass ‘fort building’ event is going on now which for years has brought smiles uncountable to the faces of children visiting in Austin, Texas. Hosted at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and Botanic Gardens, Fortlandia is a celebration of childhood fort building, in which architects create different forts to tickle the imagination of young and old. Each year since it debuted in 2018, up to ten different forts each year dot a 16-acre stretch of the Texas Arboretum (part of the Botanic Gardens), with majestic trees framing the model forts. Now open until January 31st, Fortlandia 2022 features 8 forts built by professional architects and artists arrayed along a nature trail for kids, so they can explore and pretend to their heart’s content. Before starting their journey to the secret hideouts in the woods that most of us only dreamed of, kids can pick up their “Passforts” to document their adventures, map the fort locations, along with the animals and plants they find along the way—and the friends they’ve made—and compare notes for the next year.
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