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...Jean does not accept the council's $25,000 offer, the council's next choices in order are Third Eye Blind, Violent Femmes, Rusted Root, Squirrel Nut Zippers and Springfest veteran De La Soul...
...council is willing to bid $25,000 for Third Eye Blind, Violent Femmes and Rusted Root, $20,000 for Squirrel Nut Zippers and $10,000 for De La Soul...
...first wild monkey, a squirrel monkey, small and elfin-faced. One hears a monkey in order to see it: it rustles branches or drops a piece of fruit. One's senses grow keener after a while; the idea of coming to one's senses takes on new meaning. I pick up a scent that the others identify as that of a tapir, a large, smooth, big-nosed mammal the size of a small cow. An electric blue butterfly flutters by my ear. Mittermeier snags a vine snake, green and camouflaged in its habitat. Everywhere is a sign of life...
...country buys its meat in cling-wrap packages at Safeway and Winn-Dixie. "We've lost our connection to the land and the outside world," says Jerry DeBin, Alabama's coordinator of conservation education. "Most people don't even notice which way the wind is blowing today. The squirrel or deer may be eating more today because a change in the weather is coming, but we don't pay attention to these things anymore...
Despite some highly publicized incidents each year--like the fatal shooting two weeks ago of a camouflaged hunter by a 13-year-old Wisconsin boy who mistook him for a squirrel--hunting's defenders point out that the sport is one of the safest outdoor activities, with fewer casualties than climbing or boating, for example...