"Gary Larson" is an American cartoonist. He is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to over 1,900 newspapers for fifteen years. The series ended with Larson's retirement on January 1, 1995. His twenty-three books of collected cartoons have combined sales of more than forty-five million copies.

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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.

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The threads that connect us to other living things. Newspapers will run a headline: 'Shark kills human.' You never see a headline from the other perspective: 'Man swims in shark-infested water, forgets he's shark food.' .

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Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money.

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The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.

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Just be careful how you put it back down, or you can wipe out a population the size of Manhattan.

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Suddenly, two bystanders stuck their heads inside the frame and ruined one of the funniest cartoons ever.

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Unbeknownst to most historians, Einstein started down the road of professional basketball before an ankle injury diverted him to science.

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Its clear that as long as this demand continues, then charter schools will continue to thrive.

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Charters give public school teachers the flexibility to design programs to the individual student needs. They no longer have to go to a distant bureaucracy to ask for permission. By being allowed to make their own decisions the teachers are able to create strong partnerships with parents.

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