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BUG OFF ON THE AMAZON: “They Will Offer No Civilities”
When the Indians assemble here the stranger may have an opportunity of seeing the aborigines dancing to the sound of their country music and painted in their native style. They will shoot their arrows for him with an unerring aim and send the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aimé Bonpland, Alexander von Humboldt, Alfred Russel Wallace, Candice Millard, Charles Darwin, Charles Waterton amazon, Claude Levi-Strauss, Ed Stafford Amazon, Edmundo Bielawski, Fabrice Demarthon, George Carlin, Henry Walter Bates, Janet Maslin, Jared Diamond, Lou Gold photography, Napoleon Chagnon, Piers Gibbon, Prince Kropotkin, Richard Spruce, simon horseford, Stephen Jay Gould
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SUGAR FROSTED AMAZON : You Deserve a Break Today…
… so get up and get away….”For the month of July, Nestlé Brasil has unleashed a floating supermarket barge on the tributaries that thread deep into the Amazon region in an attempt to reach some 800,000 Brazilians living in isolated, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Russel Wallace, Allen L. Hammond, Charles Darwin, Charles Waterton, Charles Waterton amazon, Henry Walter Bates, Ivan Zurita, Julia Belluz, Michele Simon, Richard Spruce, Robbie Robertson, Roberto Cavalli Design
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A NAKED JUNGLE: Antsy On The Amazon
“Dese ants,” said Gerilleau, after collecting information at a rancho, “have big eyes. They don’t run about blind–not as most ants do. No! Dey get in corners and watch what you do.” “And they sting?” asked Holroyd. “Yes. Dey sting. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldous Huxley, Alexander von Humboldt, Alfred Russel Wallace, Anne McClintock, Candice Millard, Carl Stephenson, Charles Darwin, Charlton Heston, Ditko, Dr. David Livingstone, Empire of the Ants, H.G. Wells, Henry Walter Bates, Izak Dinesen, Janet Maslin, Joan Collins, Julia Belluz, Leiningen versus the ants, Stephen Baxter, Stephen Jay Gould, Tatsuya Morino, Theodore Roosevelt, Timothy Burke, William Conrad
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CALL OF THE WILD: Magic Realism of the Fang and Club
Most of us regard the malevolent animals of the Amazon as a biological miracle, essential for the survival of the planet, their health a sacrosanct reflection of our attitudes towards the environment. However, being actually plunked down into the Amazon … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Gabbatt Guardian, Adrian Cowell, Alexander von Humboldt, Alfred Russel Wallace, Algot Lange, Candice Millard, Charles Darwin, Charles Waterton amazon, Colonel Percy Fawcett, Dr. George Gardner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, George Miller Dyott, Henry Walter Bates, Jack London, Janet Maslin, Javier Silva-Meinel, Jeremy Wade, Josh Alan Friedman, Mark Power, Martin Goodman, Richard Spruce English botanist, Stephen Jay Gould, W.H. Edwards, Wally Richards, Walter Dubois Richards
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REPEAT OFFENDERS: River of Doubt From a Vanishing World
It’s a jungle out there Disorder and confusion everywhere No one seems to care Well I do Hey, who’s in charge here? It’s a jungle out there Poison in the very air we breathe Do you know what’s in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Gabbatt Guardian, Adrian Cowell, Aimé Bonpland, Alexander von Humboldt, Alfred Meyer, Alfred Russel Wallace, Candice Millard, Charles Darwin, Claudio Villas Boas, Ed Stafford, Ed Stafford Amazon, Henry Walter Bates, Janet Maslin, Jason Wilson, Jeremy Wade, Jeremy Wade River Monsters, John George Wood, John Hathaway Winslow, Jonathan Maslow, Martin Goodman, Piers Gibbon, Randy Newman, Richard Spruce, Richard Spruce English botanist, Stephen Jay Gould, W.H. Edwards, Wally Richards, Walter Dubois Richards, Will Crampton, William McGovern
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SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER
Is there such a thing as the world’s worst animals. From a safe distance we can regard the malevolent animals of the Amazon as a biological miracle and not a flesh eating pestilential horror. In any event, the creatures; flying, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Gabbatt Guardian, Alexander von Humboldt, Alfred Meyer, Alfred Russell Wallace, Byron, Candice Miller, Captain Edward Jones, Charles Darwin, Charles Dawson, Charles Waterton, Charles Waterton amazon, Charles Wilson Peale, Douglas Engle, Ed Stafford Amazon, Eric Beech, George Cherrie, Henry Walter Bates, Janet Maslin, Jeremy Wade, John Hathaway Winslow, Jonathan Maslow, Leo E. Miller, Patricia O'Toole, Richard Spruce English botanist, Simon Horsford, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Henry Wickham, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Stanley Borack, Stephen Jay Gould, Stuart Grudgings, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Through the brazilian Wilderness, Thomas Baines, Wilhelm von Humboldt, William McGovern, William McGovern explorer
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MALEVOLENT WILDLIFE: Oh, The Amazon is Calling
There’s a danger zone, not a stranger zone Than the little plot I walk on that I call my home Full of eerie sights, weird and skeery sights Ev’ry vicious animal that creeps and crawls and bites!! On the Amazon, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Gabbatt, Adam Gabbatt Guardian, Alexander von Humboldt, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alfred Russell Wallace, Charles Darwin, Charles Waterton, Charles Waterton amazon, Charles Wilson Peale, Christopher Danzig, Don Mclean, Don McLean On the Amazon, Douglas Engle, Ed Stafford, Ed Stafford Amazon, Eric Beech, Henry Walter Bates, Richard Spruce, Richard Spruce English botanist, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Stuart Grudgings, Tom Remington, William McGovern
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