The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
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the Amazon river system contains one fifth of the total amount of river water on Earth.
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In Mexico, at least until recently, more than a thousand humans died each year from scorpion stings.
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“Take a sharp needle and jab it into your hand. Hold a match or a lighter to it for a couple hours. Then add the needles-and-pins sensation you have when a foot falls asleep. That’s what a bark scorpion sting feels like.”