Word: gecko
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MYOPIC MODERN HERO; Einstein on the beach without a paradigm; Steven Jay Gould gone off the deep end in search of the gecko and the albino gorilla--the name of this man is Mr. Palomar...
...majority of Floridians are not native born. Among recent transplants, however, are creatures who have come not for a balmy retirement, but for work, mostly at night. They are geckos-purple polka-dotted lizards, ranging from three inches to a foot long-and their job is eating cockroaches. Convinced that poisons and fatally sticky boxes do not provide enough firepower in the roach war, many Floridians are giving store-bought geckos (price: $10 to $20 apiece) the run of their homes. Bill Huff, who owns House of Pets in Tallahassee, says he sold 36 geckos in one week...