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The Small Print · Brights

The same figures as The Small Print, redrawn in two inks for eighteen bright shirt colours. Each keeps its motto and its sourced footnote, and is printed when you order it.

  1. Fig. 9 · Emperor penguin tee · Shown in Gold

    Keep shuffling. · Keep Shuffling Emperor Penguin Tee · Brights

    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.

    $32

    Color: Gold
    +10
    Size:
    Full details and size chart: Keep Shuffling Emperor Penguin Tee · Brights
  2. Fig. 27 · Lesser flamingo tee · Shown in True Royal

    Effortless. · Effortless Flamingo Tee · Brights

    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.

    $32

    Color: True Royal
    +10
    Size:
    Full details and size chart: Effortless Flamingo Tee · Brights
  3. Fig. 11 · Immortal jellyfish tee · Shown in Heather Raspberry

    Start again. · Start Again Immortal Jellyfish Tee · Brights

    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.

    $32

    Color: Heather Raspberry
    +10
    Size:
    Full details and size chart: Start Again Immortal Jellyfish Tee · Brights
  4. Fig. 8 · Humpback whale tee · Shown in Aqua

    Made of air. · Made of Air Humpback Whale Tee · Brights

    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.

    $32

    Color: Aqua
    +10
    Size:
    Full details and size chart: Made of Air Humpback Whale Tee · Brights
  5. Fig. 6 · Wood frog tee · Shown in Kelly

    Back in spring. · Back in Spring Wood Frog Tee · Brights

    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.

    $32

    Color: Kelly
    +10
    Size:
    Full details and size chart: Back in Spring Wood Frog Tee · Brights
  6. Fig. 4 · Bar-tailed godwit tee · Shown in Orange

    Keep going. · Keep Going Godwit Tee · Brights

    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.

    $32

    Color: Orange
    +10
    Size:
    Full details and size chart: Keep Going Godwit Tee · Brights
  7. Fig. 3 · Common octopus tee · Shown in Teal

    All heart. · All Heart Octopus Tee · Brights

    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.

    $32

    Color: Teal
    +10
    Size:
    Full details and size chart: All Heart Octopus Tee · Brights
  8. Fig. 1 · Blue whale tee · Shown in Turquoise

    You are what you eat. · You Are What You Eat Blue Whale Tee · Brights

    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.

    $32

    Color: Turquoise
    +10
    Size:
    Full details and size chart: You Are What You Eat Blue Whale Tee · Brights

That’s all 8.

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