Tippets: Tigerfish Catches Bird, West Virginia Chemical Spill, Head Cement

January 16, 2014 By: Erin Block

  • Nature magazine recently ran a feature article on tigerfish catching birds flying through the air. The incredible footage gives a whole new meaning to “fly fishing.”
  • A chemical spill north of a water treatment plant on the Elk River in West Virginia has left more than 300,000 people without clean water and has caused legislators to examine the state’s regulations, which are called “lax” by many critics and environmentalists. Read more in The New York Times.
  • To keep head cement from drying up, apply a small amount of petro­leum jelly to the bottle threads to regain an air-tight seal. Check out more on this tip from Warmwater Chronicles.