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Throughout history, men have tried to play God by moving rabbits, goats, sparrows, mongooses, and a hundred other species to oceanic islands and island continents, and later have wished to God they hadn't.
Victor Blanchard Scheffer
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Victor Blanchard Scheffer
Age: 104 †
Born: 1906
Born: November 27
Died: 2011
Died: September 20
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