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Worm in the Apple: German Traitors and Other Influences That Pushed the World Into War (in German (1952) and English (1997)), by Friedrich Lenz, trans. by Victor Diodon (HTML with commentary at wintersonnenwende. com)
August 4th, 2007 2007
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Diodon, floating alive and distended, in the stomach of the shark; and that on several occasions he has known it eat its way, not only through the coats of the stomach, but through the sides of the monster, which has thus been killed.
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Cuvier doubts whether the Diodon in this position is able to swim; but not only can it thus move forward in a straight line, but it can turn round to either side.
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One day I was amused by watching the habits of the Diodon antennatus, which was caught swimming near the shore.
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Cuvier doubts whether the Diodon in this position is able to swim; but not only can it thus move forward in a straight line, but it can turn round to either side.
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One day I was amused by watching the habits of the Diodon antennatus, which was caught swimming near the shore.
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Diodon, floating alive and distended, in the stomach of the shark; and that on several occasions he has known it eat its way, not only through the coats of the stomach, but through the sides of the monster, which has thus been killed.
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Marcel added two species of puffers to his poison—Diodon hystrix and Sphoeroides testudineus—both known to contain tetrodotoxin.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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It was a species of Diodon that poisoned the Dutch sailors on the Postilion as it rounded the Cape of Good Hope.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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Marcel had recognized two varieties of fish—the fou-fou, which was Diodon hystrix, and the crapaud de mer, or sea toad, which was Sphoeroides testudineus.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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