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Over the past few months I have come increasingly to consider myself a modern successor to the late Charles Darwin. Both of us early in life came to weird places where by closely examining the mutant native fauna we began, I think, to unravel a few of those major questions life poses us. There are other parallels to explore: I have often been told I look like a beagle. While it seems self-evident that the city of Cambridge is a Galapagos for humans, I am still left with the word "Archipelago." Until I find a dictionary that defines Archipelago...
Reese has been studying fossil pygmy elephants and hippopotamuses in the Museum of Comparative Zoology collection. Jenkins said that Reese hoped to augment the museum collection of early Cyprus fauna through his excavations this summer...
...also a skillful reprise of the physiognomies composed of flora, fauna and man-made objects by the 16th century Italian artist. Giuseppe Arcimboldo...
Sporting a Snoopy sweatshirt emblazoned I HATE LOSING and a cast on her ski-fractured leg, Ethel Kennedy welcomed 3,000 guests (admission $3) to her annual pet show at Hickory Hill for the benefit of Washington's Northwest Settlement House. A formidable range of fauna was entered, and most won prizes-the late Robert F. Kennedy's daughter Rory, 3, got one for the best-behaved fish. But with so many Kennedys in one place-including non-Candidate Teddy-physical as well as pet competition had to be included. Bobby's son Michael...
Sells is not the only desert rat who claims to have observed this unusual bit of fauna. Rancher Graeme Campbell reports that the girl wears nothing but a sort of furry bikini. Bus Driver Bob Marshall swore that late one night he and his passengers spotted her wearing a brief skirt and a furry cloak. The passengers generously left some sandwiches and milk for her beside the road...