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“While chasing birds, he had hitchhiked through some of the most desolate places imaginable. Nicaraguan jungles, Indian slums, Samoa fruit bat colonies. But when asked to name the least likable place he'd seen in the world, he instantly pointed to an affluent California suburb: Walnut Creek, no question.”
― The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
― The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks

“No one knew exactly why the seals ate stones, but maybe, some thought, it was for ballast. Or to help digestion. Or to stave off hunger. Or, as Brown had written in the journal, 'maybe they're just weird.”
― The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
― The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks

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