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“In 1546 a band of weevils were tried for damaging church vineyards in St Julien. Such trials were rife in the sixteenth century, and the distinguished French lawyer Bartholomew Chassenée rose to fame as an advocate for animals. His work is commemorated in Julian Barnes's mischievous short story 'The Wars of Religion', in which excommunication is sought for a colony of woodworm which had gnawed away the supporting legs of the Bishop of Besançon's throne, causing him to be 'hurled against his will into a state of imbecility'.”
― Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature
― Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature
“The rare derpicus man is know to live near the himalayas, in a cave made purely of dead weevils. His native tounge is unknown, but what I've translated contains a grat amount of the words, "pootis, derp, poop, and nnnnyyyyaaaaannnn!”
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“It is easy to remove a weevil from a grain, but hard to reverse the damage it does.”
― Song of a Nature Lover
― Song of a Nature Lover
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