n54_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Chelus fimbriatus the mata mata or matamata
Species novae Testudinum quas in itinere annis 1817-1820
Monachii :Impensis Editoris,1838.
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25032
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n502_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Die Preussische expedition nach Ost-Asien. bd.2.
Berlin :Königlichen geheimen ober-hofbuchdruckerei (R. v. Decker),1867-1876.
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49587
Helix snails shoot “love darts” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_dart at potential mates. C Helix brasiliana in #bhlib (fig. 1) biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14040776
Merry Christmas: “Hark how the roofs with laughter sound.”
Joseph Nash, from Old English ballads, collective work, London, 1864.
(Source: archive.org)
… Don’t be like me, pal. Sister, please find another way. Soon you and I will no longer exist. come on, let’s feel a little fear together. Give me your hand. Shake…
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| — | Martin Amis, from Money |
Is it a fact — or have I dreamt it — that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time? Rather, the round globe is a vast head, a brain, instinct with intelligence! Or, shall we say, it is itself a thought, nothing but thought.
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| — | Nathaniel Hawthorne, House of the Seven Gables |
