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Parasitic Wishes For the New Year

Explore how lovely parasites in 2009 capture the beauty of nature, including one shared from Bonaire.

ByCarl Zimmer
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May all your parasites in 2009 be as lovely as this one, sent from Bonaire by my friend David Fishman.

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