Word: fauna
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...moment, those same kids exploring jungle fauna or listening to ...Baby One More Time are just a few keystrokes away from Pandora's hard drive--from the appalling filth, unspeakable hatred and frightening prescriptions for homicidal mayhem that the Littleton massacre evoked. If you listened to the conversations at PTA meetings and around Little League diamonds last week, it was as if we'd already forgotten that the Internet brings us vital medical information, cross-cultural dialogue, vast stores of learning and beauty and virtue. Yet what comfort is that to a parent who came across a website last week...
...also, includes "the flora and fauna of Africa," Gates said...
...Australia few animals are as loathed as the rabbit. A non-native, it outbreeds and outeats the local fauna. That's why the Easter Bilby has caught on. The beady-eyed 5-lb. marsupial is on the endangered-species list thanks to rabbits, but its candy version has prospered, scoring 10% of all the country's Easter-chocolate sales. Somehow the Playboy Bilby doesn't seem as cute an idea...
...know the drill: uggy fauna must be confronted, nasty flora must be cut through. And then there's the not entirely plausible pirate attack to be beaten off. All this, naturally, provides the occasion first for bickering, then for dawning mutual respect, finally for bonding. All in all, one cannot say that originality is screenwriter Michael Browning's strong suit. You always feel that you're ahead of this movie's curve...
...these are just growing pains for a park that is a living organism. Its cast of star characters is bound to expand and contract. "Animals will be born and, unfortunately, animals will die," Wolff says. "That's part of the natural process." Some local fauna have already squatted in these fabulous digs. And the park itself will grow. Next year the Asia section opens, with a flume thrill ride and a second safari. A still more remote realm, a kind of beastly kingdom, will feature creatures from fantasy. Eisner also hopes to devote an area to domesticated animals...