 "Herald-News (Joliet, IL)")
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FOSSIL FINDER | VOLUNTEER WORRIED ABOUT FUTURE OF WILDLIFE AREA
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Gina Wysocki peered into her rear view mirror and laughed at her reflection.
"I am a fossil geek," she said in mock amazement.
She wore wire-rimmed glasses, hiking boots and her fossil hunting hat as she drove to the Mazonia/Braidwood Fish and Wildlife Area to hunt for fossils.
Quite a change from the girl who liked to party and hated to study in high school.
Wysocki is the heart and soul of the Mazon Creek Project.
She has led field trips to the site for six years, but has served as the field trip coordinator for almost three years.
But all that is about to change.
The 28-year-old ...
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On yer jigger, Fat Owl of the Remove!
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...club, usually a 4 iron; 3. A 11/2 oz whisky measure; 4. A kind of sieve used for sifting ore; 5. Another word for a chigoe, the insect that burrows in your flesh; 6. A runabout truck on a a railway line (but only in New Zealand); 7. A device...
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Tungiasis: a case report.(CASE REPORT)
Magazine article from: Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal
; ...Tungiasis is a cutaneous infestation caused by Tunga penetrans, a human flea. Other commonly used names include chigoe flea, sand flea, chigo, jigger, chique, nigua, pico, le bicho de pr. It is an endemic ectoparasitosis in Latin America...
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A tourist with tungiasis
Magazine article from: Canadian Medical Association. Journal
; ...performed (Figure 3). Tungiasis is caused by an infestation of gravid female T. penetrans. T. penetransare also referred to as chigoe, jigger and sand flea. Common hosts include humans, dogs, cats and pigs. This ectoparasite is usually acquired by walking...
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BUG OF THE MONTH.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Geographical
; ...not be able to fly, but the tiniest of the thousand species of fleas still gets around. The jigger flea (also called the chigoe, chigger, or sand flea) is capable of jumping up to 600 times an hour when it's looking for food. Visitors to tropical...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Just a bit of fun.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; CHIGOE Which one of our four definitions is correct? 1 Long hair in a roll or knot at the back of the head 2 Tall, elegant chest of drawers 3 Tropical flea 4 Almost transparent plain-weave fabric of silk Solution 3 Tropical flea
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