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...But I had not realised that the moss, ferns and lichen adorning the trees of the forest are not parasites but are using the trees simply as scaffolding, absorbing nutrients from the rain and dampness around...
...The growing demand for wildlife has brought animal diseases up close with human populations....
...A waiter brought me platefuls of unidentifiable rubbery things that I attempted to cook in the oily broth....
...There is an enjoyably subtle mordancy about much of the book: “Stockport, where they made hats because of the dampness in the air that facilitated the production of felt....
...A savoury, soupy smell covers everything, as if nature were in the kitchen – the smell of vegetation sweltering in hot dampness. The noises bewilder, as you swivel to catch a monkey – or was it a bird?...
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