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Super natural delights/Fine and natural sights (They do barks/And they do bites)

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I n the section devoted to Natural Science and Medicine in the TLS for April 27, 2012 , are six mind-and-eye- - and, to the extent you like lobster and/or insects, mouth- - watering recent books: The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects by Peter C. Barnard,  "I have on my desk a copy of the newly published  The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects  by Peter C. Barnard, and it will make your head spin as much as anything Stephen Hawking ever wrote. It takes you through all 558 families of British insect; as a comparison, there are only 153 families of mammals in the entire world. It is a master-word of completeness; it includes 6,600 genera and 24,000 species - of which only 55 have protected status. As you look at insects you cease to see biodiversity as something weird or amusing or defined by collections. You understand that biodiversity is fundamental. It is nothing less than the way that life on earth works. Making more and more and more differ

Nuge, you can spooge

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Ted Nugent Booted From Army Concert ... Nugent said the concert cancellation was an "insult" and maintained that he was merely exercising his First Amendment rights when he told the NRA convention that Obama was running a "vile, evil, America-hating administration." "To think that there's a bureaucrat in the United States Army that would consider the use or abuse of First Amendment rights in determining who is going to perform at an Army base is an insult and defiles the sacrifices of those heroes who fought for the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights," Nugent told the Associated Press ... 2 Please sign in to rate! Please sign in to rate! 4 Scott    •   North Berwick, Maine   •    38 minutes ago Ted Nugent, hiding behind the First Amendment, as though it had any application in these precincts: P**** of the Week - or of the Year? Collapse Replies 0 Thumbs Up Thumbs Down 1 Bobby    •   Fort Polk, Louisiana   •    23 minutes ago   Report Abuse Hiding behind