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The Kiwi's Egg: Charles Darwin and natural selection, by David Quammen

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Living the Island Life

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You name it

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Beastly drunk

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Hard cell, soft cell

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Apocalypse then

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Live and let live

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Rumble in the jungle

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Fame is just around the corner

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Reforming characters

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Ripe old age

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The way it really is

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