The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles. — J.B.S. Haldane · Skopia

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The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles.

1951

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Reflection on the fact that there are 400,000 species of beetles, as opposed to 8,000 species of mammals.

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Haldane, J. B. S. Speech given to the British Interplanetary Society. 1951, London, England, UK.

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