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Word: taipan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...admits. Even the saintly Albert Schweitzer, who went out of his way to avoid stepping on bugs, didn't hesitate to shoot the beings whose distinguishing characteristics are a slithering gait, a forked tongue and hypodermic-needle fangs that can (if they belong to Australia's cobra-like inland taipan) deliver enough venom in a single bite to kill 200,000 mice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN PRAISE OF SNAKES | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

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