Lewis Thomas
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Animals, even plants, lie to each other all the time, and we could restrict the research to them, putting off the real truth about ourselves for the several centuries we need to catch our breath. What is it that enables certain flowers to resemble nubile insects, or opossums to play dead, or female fireflies to change the code of their flashes in order to attract, and then eat, males of a different species? ✨ Lewis Thomas (1984). Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony, Bantam

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