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The Naked Jungle
Back in print through Warner Archive, the meat-and-taters adventure is based on Carl Stephenson’s classic short story “Leiningen Versus the Ants” of two decades prior. Heston is the clenched-jaw Leiningen, owner of a cocoa plantation in South America, and so lonely and away from civilization that he has to mail-order a wife, played by Parker. […]
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Buggin’
Credit: Brad Gregg Experts note that a wetter-than-normal spring has provided an ideal environment for mosquito-breeding. That can mean more than itchy skin. Over the last seven years, the Oklahoma City-County Health Department reports, the Sooner State has seen 318 confirmed cases of the West Nile virus, which can be transmitted via mosquito bite. Last […]
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The eye of the spider
Although they are creepy and pesky, mainly they’re pretty harmless. In fact, they can be beautiful. Give the critters a chance! That’s what Oklahoma native Thomas Shahan did. He grew up observing arachnids with his grandmother, and now Shahan has developed a keen eye for the oft-feared, eight-legged creatures. When an interest in cameras collided […]