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The GLOBAL TOUR

April 1832 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rainforest questions

reviously Darwin’s religion may have led him to see the good in Earth’s creations. However, when he was in the rainforest he spent months observing its diverse creatures. One of the insects he documented were parasitic wasps. He noted the ugly side of nature as he observed them laying eggs in live caterpillars. When the eggs hatched, the young

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