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Theme-park approach to nature. We judge plants and animals by whether they're entertaining to us. We gravitate toward animals and plants that are big, dramatic, beautiful and at eye-level.

Gary Larson

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Gary Larson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: August 14
Caricaturist
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Comics Writer
Drawer
Tacoma
Washington
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