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Letter: Letter: Wandering woodlice

Published 7 March 1992

From DAVID SAUL

Some of the suicidal woodlice (Forum, 15 February) in my house have
shown great initiative by climbing up inside the legs of trousers that have
been left to dry over a radiator.

Curiously, when subsequently pressed (iron set to ‘cotton’) they produce
a green stain.

David Saul Lancaster

Issue no. 1811 published 7 March 1992

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