. . . of South America often loses an antenna or leg --- but
always grows a new appendage. Often nature makes a
mistake and a new antenna grows where the leg was lost.
- Ripley's Believe It or Not
Eventually the
most accident-prone
or war-weary
walking sticks
are entirely
reduced to antennae
with which they
pick their way
sensitively,
appalled by
everything's
intensity.
- Kay Ryan
The Jam Jar Lifeboat & Other Novelties Exposed
