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Mary Roach Quote: “With charm comes charm’s sidekick, dilapidation.”

251. “With charm comes charm’s sidekick, dilapidation.”

Mary Roach Quote: “So powerful are race- and status-based disgusts that explorers have starved to death rather than eat like the locals. British polar exploration suffered heavily for its mealtime snobbery.”

252. “So powerful are race- and status-based disgusts that explorers have starved to death rather than eat like the locals. British polar exploration suffered heavily for its mealtime snobbery.”

Mary Roach Quote: “Could thorough chewing lower the national debt? If saliva is full of bacteria, why do animals lick their wounds? Why don’t suicide bombers smuggle bombs in their rectums? Why don’t stomachs digest themselves? Why is crunchy food so appealing? Can constipation kill you? Did it kill Elvis? You.”

253. “Could thorough chewing lower the national debt? If saliva is full of bacteria, why do animals lick their wounds? Why don’t suicide bombers smuggle bombs in their rectums? Why don’t stomachs digest themselves? Why is crunchy food so appealing? Can constipation kill you? Did it kill Elvis? You.”

Mary Roach Quote: “Seventeenth-century surgeon-anatomist William Harvey, famous for discovering the human circulatory system, also deserves fame for being one of few medical men in history so dedicated to his calling that he could dissect his own father and sister.”

254. “Seventeenth-century surgeon-anatomist William Harvey, famous for discovering the human circulatory system, also deserves fame for being one of few medical men in history so dedicated to his calling that he could dissect his own father and sister.”

Mary Roach Quote: “People blanch to see “fish meal” or “meat meal” on a pet-food ingredient panel, but meal – which variously includes organs, heads, skin, and bones – most closely resembles the diet of dogs and cats in the wild. Muscle meat is a grand source of protein, but comparatively little else.”

255. “People blanch to see “fish meal” or “meat meal” on a pet-food ingredient panel, but meal – which variously includes organs, heads, skin, and bones – most closely resembles the diet of dogs and cats in the wild. Muscle meat is a grand source of protein, but comparatively little else.”

Mary Roach Quote: “She looks at once like someone who could have worked as a runway model and someone who would be mildly put off to hear that.”

256. “She looks at once like someone who could have worked as a runway model and someone who would be mildly put off to hear that.”

Mary Roach Quote: “Dissection and surgical instruction, like meat-eating, require a carefully maintained set of illusions and denial.”

257. “Dissection and surgical instruction, like meat-eating, require a carefully maintained set of illusions and denial.”

Mary Roach Quote: “What I am getting at is that there is a point at which efficiency crosses over into lunacy, and the savings in money or resources cease to be worthwhile in light of the price paid in other ways.”

258. “What I am getting at is that there is a point at which efficiency crosses over into lunacy, and the savings in money or resources cease to be worthwhile in light of the price paid in other ways.”

Mary Roach Quote: “Snowplows kill twice as many Canadians as grizzly bears do.”

259. “Snowplows kill twice as many Canadians as grizzly bears do.”

Mary Roach Quote: “I would take delight in the optical non sequitur of a bear standing in front of a Louis Vuitton boutique. This poor goober with the burrata on its snout, innocent and utterly unaware of its likely fate, makes me want to cry.”

260. “I would take delight in the optical non sequitur of a bear standing in front of a Louis Vuitton boutique. This poor goober with the burrata on its snout, innocent and utterly unaware of its likely fate, makes me want to cry.”

Mary Roach Quote: “So she looks in her rearview mirror,” one is saying, “and there’s a bear in the back seat, eating popcorn.” When wildlife officers gather at a conference, the shop talk is outstanding. Last night I stepped onto the elevator as a man was saying, “Ever tase an elk?”

261. “So she looks in her rearview mirror,” one is saying, “and there’s a bear in the back seat, eating popcorn.” When wildlife officers gather at a conference, the shop talk is outstanding. Last night I stepped onto the elevator as a man was saying, “Ever tase an elk?”

Mary Roach Quote: “The black bear is a ridiculously lovable species. There’s a reason kids have teddy bears, not teddy goats or teddy eels.”

262. “The black bear is a ridiculously lovable species. There’s a reason kids have teddy bears, not teddy goats or teddy eels.”

Mary Roach Quote: “For most of the past century, your odds of being killed by a cougar were about the same as your odds of being killed by a filing cabinet. Snowplows kill twice as many Canadians as grizzly bears do.”

263. “For most of the past century, your odds of being killed by a cougar were about the same as your odds of being killed by a filing cabinet. Snowplows kill twice as many Canadians as grizzly bears do.”

Mary Roach Quote: “But the United States is surely not the only country working on gene drive in mammals. If we’re on it, China is too. And China has not demonstrated a comforting abundance of oversight in the realm of genetic engineering.”

264. “But the United States is surely not the only country working on gene drive in mammals. If we’re on it, China is too. And China has not demonstrated a comforting abundance of oversight in the realm of genetic engineering.”

Mary Roach Quote: “I ask Dennis how, knowing what he knows and seeing what he sees, he ever manages to board a plane. He points out that most crashing airplanes don’t hit the ground from thirty thousand feet. The vast majority crash on takeoff or landing, either on or near the ground. Shanahan says 80 to 85 percent of plane crashes are potentially survivable.”

265. “I ask Dennis how, knowing what he knows and seeing what he sees, he ever manages to board a plane. He points out that most crashing airplanes don’t hit the ground from thirty thousand feet. The vast majority crash on takeoff or landing, either on or near the ground. Shanahan says 80 to 85 percent of plane crashes are potentially survivable.”

Mary Roach Quote: “Californians are like, ‘Lions are everywhere now!‘” What’s on the rise are home security cameras. Doorbell cameras are the mammograms of wildlife biology.”

266. “Californians are like, ‘Lions are everywhere now!‘” What’s on the rise are home security cameras. Doorbell cameras are the mammograms of wildlife biology.”

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