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The Small Print

Animals drawn from the one tiny thing their true story is about, each with a motto and a sourced footnote. Tees and hats from the Deep Planet channel, printed to order.

  1. Fig. 9 · Emperor penguin tee

    Keep shuffling.

    One penguin, made of 1,400 penguins.

    Every 30 to 60 seconds a wave of small steps travels through an emperor penguin huddle, slowly reorganising it. Zitterbart et al., PLoS ONE, 2011

    Watch the emperor penguin episode

    For the friend who always shares the warm spot.

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  2. Fig. 1 · Blue whale tee

    You are what you eat.

    It’s not a whale. It’s 609 krill.

    An adult North Pacific blue whale eats about 16 tonnes of krill a day in feeding season. Savoca et al., Nature, 2021

    For the one who plans the day around lunch.

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  3. Fig. 3 · Common octopus tee

    All heart.

    851 hearts. Three of them are real.

    Three, actually. Two pump blood through the gills; the third sends it around the body. Smithsonian Ocean

    Watch the octopus nursery episode

    For the person who gives too much.

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  4. Fig. 4 · Bar-tailed godwit tee

    Keep going.

    One line. No stops.

    In October 2022 a young bar-tailed godwit flew 13,560 km nonstop, Alaska to Tasmania, in 11 days. Guinness World Records; USGS, 2022

    Watch: 11 days without landing

    For the runner, the rebuilder, anyone halfway through something hard.

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  5. Fig. 6 · Wood frog tee

    Back in spring.

    605 snowflakes, thawing into 244 leaves.

    In Alaska, wood frogs stay frozen up to 7 months, with no heartbeat and no breath, then thaw in spring. Larson et al., Journal of Experimental Biology, 2014

    Watch the frog that freezes

    For everyone who hibernates until March.

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  6. Fig. 1 · Blue whale trucker hat

    You are what you eat.

    Words to live by, from an animal that eats about 16 tonnes of krill a day.

    An adult North Pacific blue whale eats about 16 tonnes of krill a day in feeding season. Savoca et al., Nature, 2021

    For the one who plans the day around lunch.

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  7. Fig. 3 · Common octopus dad hat

    All heart.

    All heart on the front. Three hearts on the back.

    Three, actually. Two pump blood through the gills; the third sends it around the body. Smithsonian Ocean

    Watch the octopus nursery episode

    For the person who gives too much.

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  8. Fig. 4 · Bar-tailed godwit washed cap

    Keep going.

    Keep going. The footnote on the back says how far.

    In October 2022 a young bar-tailed godwit flew 13,560 km nonstop, Alaska to Tasmania, in 11 days. Guinness World Records; USGS, 2022

    Watch: 11 days without landing

    For the runner, the rebuilder, anyone halfway through something hard.

    $40

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  9. Fig. 5 · Sperm whale bucket hat

    Sleep on it.

    A sun hat for long naps. Sperm whales keep theirs to about 12 minutes.

    Sperm whales are thought to nap hanging vertically near the surface, about 12 minutes at a time. Miller et al., Current Biology, 2008

    Watch the sperm whale episode

    For the champion napper.

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  10. Fig. 6 · Wood frog cuffed beanie

    Back in spring.

    An out-of-office message from a frog, stitched on the cuff.

    In Alaska, wood frogs stay frozen up to 7 months, with no heartbeat and no breath, then thaw in spring. Larson et al., Journal of Experimental Biology, 2014

    Watch the frog that freezes

    For everyone who hibernates until March.

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  11. Fig. 7 · Greenland shark tee

    Take your time.

    272 tally marks. One for every winter.

    Radiocarbon dating of eye lens nuclei gives the Greenland shark a life span of at least 272 years. Nielsen et al., Science, 2016

    Watch the Greenland shark episode

    For the one who is never in a hurry.

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  12. Fig. 8 · Humpback whale tee

    Made of air.

    A whale drawn out of 1,100 bubbles.

    Humpback whales blow a curtain of bubbles around their prey, then lunge up through it, alone or in groups. Szabo et al., R. Soc. Open Sci., 2024

    Watch the bubble-net episode

    For the one who makes something out of nothing.

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  13. Fig. 11 · Immortal jellyfish tee

    Start again.

    One line. It ends where it started.

    Turritopsis dohrnii medusae can turn back into polyps, even after reaching sexual maturity: the first animal found to do this. Piraino et al., Biol. Bull., 1996

    Watch the immortal jellyfish episode

    For anyone starting over.

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  14. Fig. 27 · Lesser flamingo tee

    Effortless.

    It’s not a drawing of a flamingo. It’s one line.

    On one leg, a flamingo’s body settles into a stable pose that bears its weight with little active muscle force. Chang and Ting, Biology Letters, 2017

    Watch the Lake Natron flamingo episode

    For the calmest person you know.

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  15. Fig. 26 · Axolotl tee

    It grows back.

    It’s not an axolotl. It’s 800 new leaves.

    Axolotls can regrow lost limbs and tails, spinal cord included, and rebuild injured tissue in the heart and brain. Godwin et al., npj Regen. Med., 2017

    For anyone starting over.

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  16. Fig. 29 · Orca tee

    Grandma knows best.

    It’s not an orca. It’s 650 salmon.

    Post-menopausal resident orcas lead their families to salmon, above all in lean years, and grandcalves die more often after their grandmother dies. Brent et al., 2015; Nattrass et al., 2019

    For the grandmother who always knows where the good food is.

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  17. Fig. 18 · Spotted seahorse tee

    Dad’s got this.

    It’s not a seahorse. It’s 520 baby seahorses.

    In seahorses, the female puts her eggs in the male’s pouch, where he fertilises and carries them until he gives birth. NOAA National Ocean Service

    For the dad who carries everything.

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  18. Fig. 19 · Bottlenose dolphin tee

    Half asleep.

    It’s not a dolphin. It’s 700 half-moons.

    Bottlenose dolphins sleep one brain hemisphere at a time, usually with one eye open, so they can keep swimming and breathing. Mukhametov et al., Brain Research, 1977

    For the one who is only half awake before coffee.

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  19. Fig. 20 · Coelacanth tee

    Still here.

    It’s not a fish. It’s 620 fossil spirals.

    Coelacanths were known only as fossils, the youngest 66 million years old, until a living one was caught off South Africa in 1938. Smith, Nature, 1939

    For the one who is still here.

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  20. Fig. 21 · Alpine ibex tee

    Will climb for snacks.

    It’s not an ibex. It’s 900 grains of salt.

    At Italy’s Cingino Dam, Alpine ibex, mostly females and young, climb the near-vertical stone wall to lick salts that seep from it. Biancardi and Minetti, Hystrix, 2017

    Watch: ibex climbing a dam wall

    For the one who will go to great lengths for a snack.

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  21. Fig. 22 · Barreleye tee

    Open mind.

    It’s not a fish. It’s 850 dots.

    The barreleye’s head is topped with a clear, fluid-filled shield; its tubular eyes look up through it and can rotate forward. Robison and Reisenbichler, Copeia, 2008

    Watch the barreleye episode

    For the open-minded.

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  22. Fig. 24 · Firefly squid tee

    Bring your own light.

    It’s not a squid. It’s 700 lights.

    Firefly squid make their own blue light, no borrowed bacteria, and each spring they crowd Japan’s Toyama Bay to spawn. Gimenez et al., Scientific Reports, 2016

    For the one who lights up the room.

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