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  • Necator americanus is estimated to infect one billion people in tropical and subtropical countries.

    Worm Infestation – Good For Your Health? | Impact Lab 2007

  • One thing I'd like to know is how Oreamnos americanus, which is a heavy animal, keeps its balance on those narrow ledges.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2008

  • The book stated Indigenous people of our region, traditionally ate the leaves of Lysichiton americanus, sometimes called yellow skunk cabbage.

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  • We quantify the tooth root lengths and surface areas of the female G. blacki mandible No. 1 from the Liucheng Cave and compare it to a sample of extant great apes and humans, as well as the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and the American black bear (Ursus americanus).

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • The book stated Indigenous people of our region, traditionally ate the leaves of Lysichiton americanus, sometimes called yellow skunk cabbage.

    Page 2 2009

  • When I got back home, my emotions running the gamut between being totally thankful and royally pissed-off, reread the chapter about ingesting lysichiton americanus.

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  • There was a great deal of blather and blubbering from those whom H.L. Mencken called Boobus americanus.

    James Peron: Republican Bungling Confirmed: Gay Bullies Exonerated James Peron 2011

  • When I got back home, my emotions running the gamut between being totally thankful and royally pissed-off, reread the chapter about ingesting lysichiton americanus.

    Page 2 2009

  • There was a great deal of blather and blubbering from those whom H.L. Mencken called Boobus americanus.

    James Peron: Republican Bungling Confirmed: Gay Bullies Exonerated James Peron 2011

  • The book stated Indigenous people of our region, traditionally ate the leaves of Lysichiton americanus, sometimes called yellow skunk cabbage.

    Page 2 2009

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