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...article about our friend Eugenie, the dugong [Dec. 5]. Eugenie did not survive on a diet of "clams and cucumbers," as you stated. The clams were factual enough, but the cucumbers were a reference to "sea cucumbers," which is a more common name for "trepang," more exactly denned as Holothuria edulis, a sea slug, and a pretty far cry from a genuine cucumber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 9, 1956 | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

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