Word: darwins
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...DIED. Harriet, 175, a giant tortoise said to have been brought from the Gal?pagos Islands by Charles Darwin and believed to be the world's oldest animal in captivity; near Brisbane. Although dna tests indicate the beloved resident of Queensland's Australia Zoo was at least over 170, her precise age, provenance and even sex have been disputed?for more than a century, the 150-kg grand dame was mistakenly called Harry...
Roosevelt began to collect animal specimens, including fireflies and squirrels. He filled his notebooks with drawings and life histories of animals and insects, such as the common black ant, and then read Darwin and Huxley, who helped him ponder how Homo sapiens coexisted with the so-called lesser creatures. When the American Museum of Natural History unpacked 2,200 mounted creatures from the collection of the Verreaux brothers, French naturalists, the unabashed young Theodore donated his own mounted menagerie--a bat and 12 mice...
...While John Howard was away on foreign duty, Costello, as acting Prime Minister, looked the part: serious and steady. He traversed the country, taking the TV cameras from the mines of Broken Hill to the illegal foreign fishing vessels smoldering in Darwin harbor. Despite the Budget, a lot of non-Treasury business has been dominating the news: East Timor's troubles, the death spiral of remote Aboriginal communities, nuclear power and uranium enrichment. Custodian Costello slotted right in. Voters, and the Liberal party, are getting a little taste of life after Howard and a carefully managed introduction to his natural...
...whole family was fantastically fit; the house had six treadmills side by side in the workout room and an indoor pool complete with lane dividers that helped son Darwin qualify for the Olympic trials and made Laura an All-American. The parents never missed a swim meet. There were daily family runs 365 days a year, meaning, before presents could be opened on Christmas morning...
...four Strickland children only Elaine, 35, had to drop out of ROTC, and that was because of asthma; she is now a nurse in Boulder, Colo. Meanwhile, in addition to Laura, there is Darwin, 30, a JAG officer who has already shipped out from El Paso, Texas. Sister Janis, 32, who got a military scholarship to medical school, is likely to fly to the gulf this week, after last-minute practice in treating blown-off legs and catastrophic burns and the effects of poison gas. She advised Laura on medicines to carry with her and is aware that...