Frannie is an eastern or mountain bongo, which is one of the largest species of forest antelopes.
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Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
3 June 2026
In Africa, infection has been documented through the handling of infected fruit bats, monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead in the rainforest.
In the medieval town of Belvì, men roast chestnuts—marroni—over an open fire in a frying pan the size of a swimming pool and then serve them to the crowd by shoveling them into troughs.
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IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
Canned Water Chestnuts Fresh water chestnuts, while hard to find, are sweeter and juicier than canned varieties, with a cleaner, more pronounced crunch.
The beautiful array of their divergent sizes and pelts coalesced as oils on canvas and rendered their exploits almost dreamlike.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
There’s no alternative; there are too many tasty cadavers, plus squirrel pelts coughed up by hawks in the trees after they’ve been picked clean of meat and tissue.
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Dan Chiasson,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Apr. 2026
School kids arrived on field trips and groups lined up for exhibitions, taking the escalators up past the abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s vibrant, 83-foot-tall vertical window.
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Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
The solution may involve options that aren’t their first choice, like a day or two in daycare per week, but are still healthy for the kids.
Ticks can ride into the home on clothing and pets, then attach to a person later, so carefully examine pets, coats and daypacks.
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Allison Gollenberg,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
Bidders will also find capes, drapes, peignoirs, jumpsuits, fur coats and red, white and blue ensemble that Ann-Margret wore for a performance at the White House, when President Gerald Ford was honoring the Shah of Iran.
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