But Does it Float show us a collection of illustrations of morphologically disturbed insects. The work of scientific illustrator Cornelia Hess-Honeggar, they the effects of insects in the fallout area of chernobyl and other nuclear installations. The beautifully rendered drawings and the sometimes subtle
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In our previous flat, we had a cockroach infestation where all kinds of chemical warfare was waged on them in an attempt to gain ascendancy over their species. We were largely unsuccessful until we moved out when the pest man with organic super gel managed to deal with them once and for all. When we asked about the some of the odd looking roaches we had occasionally seen, the pest guy informed us that these deformed, asymmetric, crazy-winged insects were the direct result our chemical warfare. A fascinating and awful discovery of unplanned evolutionary experiments.
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