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Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species, man needs only a few dozen years to destroy one.
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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Zoologist
Manhattan
Kansas
Victor B. Scheffer
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