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For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to see on their bellies, giant pandas holding bamboo lollipops in China or tree porcupines in the Canadian Rockies, balled up like giant pine cones.

— Diane Ackerman

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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.

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My muse is male, has the silvery complexion of the moon, and never speaks to me directly.

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