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Humans, Nature and Birds |
From Room 4: Birds as a Means of Understanding Biology
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retribution. The play recounted the triumph of the Greek warrior princes Agamemnon and Menelaus over the Trojans. Priam,the king of Troy, reputedly sired fifty sons and fifty daughters--a crowded lineage and a threatening rate of growth.[54] The image on the coin, then, warned of the dual threats of overpopulation and reprisal. It is a curious coincidence that a grasshopper, another species whose populations periodically overwhelm its food supply, is also depicted here. <--Return to Examples from the Book
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