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...still not prepared to settle the argument once & for all. But he admitted that Sen Tensing, his porter, claimed to have seen one of the monsters once in Tyangbochi. It was about 5 ft. 6 in. tall, said Sen. It was covered with reddish-brown hair but had a hairless face. Explorer Shipton was "convinced "of Sen's sincerity...
...over the U.S. last week scientists were hunting mice. The search was on for brown mice, white mice, yellow mice, mice with hairless skins and mice with peculiar, deformed tails. The leading U.S. mouse pool had been destroyed...
...they do every night to gather food, they are as hot as birds. How do their spermatogenic cells withstand this nightly cooking? Dr. Cowles examined bats, both active and resting, in the breeding and the non-breeding seasons. He found that, while they are at rest, their hairless wings are pallid, almost bloodless. But when they raise their temperature to the flying level, which they must do by an effort of will before they can take off, their wings fill up with blood, and become as efficient in heat dissipation as automobile radiators...
...first charge, which carries with it the greater peacetime penalty, was filed by Mrs. Lena Years, of 10 Hope Drive, She identified the trio as the men who had attacked her the previous day, insisting that "Fritzie," her Mexican hairless, was the gridiron mascot...
...hoped-for result: a repellent based on mosquito psychology. But they had confirmed one popular theory: mosquitoes like some people better than others. The reason was still a mystery, except for the observation that mosquitoes dislike tough, hairy skins. Given a wide choice, they select a broad expanse of hairless human back...