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  • Asmattans in the village of Komor convene to hear the assimilated Catholic and native Good Friday Mass given by one of the local missionaries, Brother Jim, in Komor village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The Asmat is a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Men and women enter by different doors and sit on opposites sides of the church. They are carrying large pieces of heart of palm to share with each other. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Mopane worms dry in the sun after being cleaned and boiled in salted water. The harvest of mopane worms (dried, they have three times the amount of protein as beef) is a major economic event in Botswana. Whole families move into the countryside and set up camp in order to collect the worms. While mopane worms are eaten in Botswana, they are a coveted form of protein in South Africa as well and have been largely over-harvested there. (page 126)
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  • Kids catch small fish at low tide between the elevated walkways that are the pedestrian roads of Agats, the largest town on the Arafura Sea in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Villagers in the Asmat extract sago grubs from a rotted sago palm log. Sago grubs (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, the larvae of Capricorn beetles), are extracted from the interior of a sago palm, Komor village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The Asmat is the world's largest (and hottest), swamp. When roasted on a spit, they are fatty and bacon-flavored, although the skins are rather chewy. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Asmattan family displaying processed food, one of the results of a government logging initiative that has put cash in the pocket of a people unfamiliar with a monetary system, Sawa village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The father is blind in one eye due to a disease common to the area brought about by vitamin deficiencies. (Man Eating Bugs page 75 Bottom)
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  • Tarantula seller Sok Khun takes a dainty bite of one of the deep-fried tarantulas that she sells at a roadside market, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia.(Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects page 48. See also cover of book) .
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  • A simmering pot of mopane worms in Botswana. The mopane worm is actually the caterpillar of the anomalous emperor moth (Imbrasia belina), one of the larger moths in the world. "Mopane" refers to the mopane treee, which the caterpillar eats. (Man Eating Bugs page 123 Inset)
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  • Julia Marumo, her two young sisters, and her cousin Gladys pick mopane worms from mopane trees in the countryside; entire families like hers move into mobile camps for the short mopane harvest which occurs twice every year in Botswana. The mopane worm is actually the caterpillar of the anomalous emperor moth (Imbrasia belina), one of the larger moths in the world. "Mopane" refers to the mopane tree, and its leaves which the caterpillar eats. Dried mopane worms have three times the protein content of beef and can be stored for many months. (pages 128,129)
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  • Local tribesman wearing a penis gourd, called a horum, and a hat of bird feathers carries a sack of vegetables and handful of bananas on a trail near Kurima, in the central highlands of the South Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. His body is rubbed with pig grease to help protect him from chilly weather. Since the making of this photograph, Irian Jaya was renamed Papua.
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  • Street scene at dawn in Mysore, South India.
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  • Typical round homes in Ha-Matiyane Village, Venda (North Transvaal) South Africa.
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  • Fisherman in a dugout canoe at sunset on the Pomats River at Sawa Village, in the Asmat Swamp, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Two men carry a pig to market in Jiwika, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. One man is wearing a traditional penis gourd and his friend is dressed in Western sports attire. Jiwika is in the Central Highlands of Irian Jaya. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Two villagers prepare a dish made of sago grubs (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, the larvae of Capricorn beetles), and sago flour wrapped in sago palm leaves. The packets are then roasted in the fire to prepare for eating, in Sawa Village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The resulting dish is like a cooked pastry, with a chewy, slightly sweet crust and the grubs taste like fishy bacon. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Dani children unwrap their roasted "bug packages", a collection of twenty or so stink bugs wrapped in leaves and set on the edge of a fire to roast as a small snack, Soroba, Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The kids also roast spiders, or mulikaks, on the glowing embers and eat them. (Man Eating Bugs page 78 Bottom)
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  • A Cambodian saleswoman with a tray full of fried grasshoppers, one of many varieties found in Phnom Penh's Central Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • A Cambodian saleswoman holds a plastic tray full of cooked cicadas, one of many varieties found in Phnom Penh's Central Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects page 47)
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  • Captured crickets are deep-fried in the Liemh family kitchen ant then sold in the local market for 6,000 riels, $2.50 US, per small basket, Siem Reap, Cambodia. (Man Eating Bugs page 51) .
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  • Dawn over the Angkor Wat ruins presents a background for a young Cambodian man's sunrise fishing chore, Angkor Wat, Cambodia. (Man Eating Bugs page 52,53)
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  • A silhouette of skewered deep-fried tarantulas, sold roadside in Kampong Cham province, Cambodia. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • Mopane worm in its natural environment, eating the leaves of a mopane tree in Botswana. The mopane worm is actually the caterpillar of the anomalous emperor moth (Imbrasia belina), one of the larger moths in the world. "Mopane" refers to the mopane tree, which the caterpillar eats. Dried mopane worms have three times the protein content of beef and can be stored for many months. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Bessie Liddle proudly displaying a goanna lizard that she has just killed. Bessie later cooked the lizard in the hot sand ashes of a campfire: it tasted like tender pork tenderloin. The goanna ('go-anna') is an Australian reptile that is also known as the monitor lizard. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Kitty Miller digs around the roots of a witchetty bush for witchetty grubs, a traditional meal of Australia's aboriginal peoples (all but forgotten in the face of modern supermarket foodstuffs) outside Alice Springs in Central Australia. (Witchetty grubs are the larvae of cossid moths). (page 18)
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  • Surveying the outback, Bessie Liddle, an Aboriginal grandmother, searches through the desert for witchetty trees, a type of acacia whose roots may harbor witchetty grubs, the edible larvae of cossid moths; a termite mound in the foreground, outside Alice Springs, Central Australia. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • Witchetty grub dip (made by Vic Chericoff), and sautéed grubs; a live grub crawls through the foreground. Witchetty grubs are the larvae of cossid moths. Sydney, Australia. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • Kitty Miller, an aboriginal grandmother from the Australian town of Alice Springs, holds witchetty grubs (the larvae of cossid moths) freshly dug from the roots of the witchetty bush in  Australia's outback. To make this photograph Peter Menzel camped for several days with Kitty and a group of women who went in search of witchetty grubs and honey ants. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • Haircut and other commerce in a public square in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Amuloke Walelo, a Dani tribeswoman from Soroba village in the Baliem Highlands of central Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Four fingers of her left hand were severed when she was five years old as a tribute to family members who die. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Asmattans in the village of Komor convene to hear the assimilated Catholic and native Good Friday Mass given by one of the local missionaries, Brother Jim, Komor, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. (Man Eating Bugs page 66,67)
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  • A young Asmattan child in the village of Komor, along the Bo River, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The Asmat is the worlds's largest (and hottest), swamp. (Man Eating Bugs page 64,65)
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  • A Dani child hunts for stink bugs that will be roasted later for a tasty morning snack, Soroba, Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Man Eating Bugs page 78, top.
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  • On Good Friday in the Asmattan village of Komor, Faith D'Aluisio stands with a group of village youths in Komor village, Asmat swamp, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. (Man Eating Bugs page 187)
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  • Asmattans (Plipus Manmank's family) undergo the laborious task of sago processing?the goal is the inner starchy pith of the sago palm, which is mixed with water, roasted in dry leaves, and eaten. (There are many other ways to prepare and eat sago flour). Near the Komor Village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. (Man Eating Bugs page 68)
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  • A saleswoman at the middle market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia measures silkworm pupae. She also sells bee larvae (in blue tub). Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Cambodian men purchasing deep-fried tarantulas from tarantula seller Sok Khun in a roadside restaurant, not only for their taste, but also for their alleged benefits to a man's virility, Kâmpóng Cham Province, Cambodia. (Man Eating Bugs page 49) .
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  • In the Cambodian town of Siem Reap, the gateway to the ruins of Angkor Wat, an ingenious device is popular among the townspeople for catching crickets. A black light is hung above a plastic sheet that glows with an ultraviolet hue attractive to insects. The crickets are attracted to the light, land on the sheet, and slip down into a bucket of water, where they promptly drown. The Liemh family deep-fries the crickets and sells them in the local market for 6,000 riels, $2.50 US, per small basket.  Siem Reap, Cambodia. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects page 50)
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  • In Botswana, Mamebogo Marumo sits under the shade of a mopane tree as she squeezes the insides out of mopane worms, keeping the carcasses to be salted, cooked, and dried to be eaten. The mopane worm is the caterpillar of the anomalous emperor moth (Imbrasia belina), one of the larger moths in the world. Dried mopane worms have 3 times the protein content of beef and can be stored for many months.
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  • Thatched hut settlement with gardens in the central highlands of the South Baliem Valley, near Kurima, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Since the making of this photograph, Irian Jaya was renamed Papua.
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  • Venezuelan children on the bank of the Orinoco River watch the approach of a small bongo, (wooden canoe). The village of Sejal is on the border of Yanomami country, an area of great interest to Western anthropologists, and therefore its inhabitants are familiar with visitors of all sorts. Sejal, Venezuela. (Man Eating Bugs page 168,169)
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  • Amuloke Walelo, a Dani tribeswoman from Soroba village in the Baliem Highlands of central Irian Jaya, Indonesia with one of her children on her shoulders as she goes about her daily chores. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • A group of loggers living in a jungle camp downriver from Sawa Village in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. This group is logging the forest with hand axes, dragging the huge hardwood logs from deep in the forest over a long path of smaller cross logs. When they get to the river the logs are lashed together in rafts and floated down the river to sell to traders for cash or outboard boat motors. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Sawa Village on the Pomats River at low tide in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Fisherman sell their catch early in the morning on the elevated walkways that are the pedestrian roads of Agats, the largest town on the Arafura Sea in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Travel in this part of the world is by canoe or motorboat. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Siba Himan and his wife Amuloke Walelo prepare the day's vegetables with the blood-red juice of the buah merah fruit, Soroba, Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Siba wears a traditional penis gourd. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • An Asmat native demonstrates the technique of cleaning the ear canal with a young sago grub. "You have to hold onto the tail", they caution, "never let go, you don't want the worm getting lost and coming out the other ear!" Down river from the Sawa village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. (Man Eating Bugs page 74 Top)
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  • Faith D'Aluisio on the ride up the Unir River in a 40-foot longboat headed for Sawa village, Asmat swamp, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.(Man Eating Bugs page 186)
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  • Dani children show their "bug packages", a collection of twenty or so stink bugs wrapped in leaves to be roasted over a fire and eaten as a tasty protein snack, Soroba, Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • Indonesian headman with ancestral mummy, Pummo Village, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. (Man Eating Bugs page 13).
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  • A pink plastic tray of fried cicadas, one of many insect varieties found for sale in Phnom Penh's Central Market, Cambodia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Barbequed frogs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • A sunset setup of fried tarantulas and crickets on the Bayon Temple of the internationally treasured Angkor Wat ruins, Siem Reap, Cambodia. (Man Eating Bugs page 54,55)
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  • Mopane worms in their natural environment, eating the leaves of a mopane tree. The mopane worm is actually the caterpillar of the anomalous emperor moth (Imbrasia belina), one of the larger moths in the world. "Mopane" refers to the mopane tree, which the caterpillar eats. Dried mopane worms have three times the protein content of beef and can be stored for many months. Botswana. (Man Eating Bugs page 124,125)
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  • Kitty Miller prepares extracts a Witchetty grub from the root of a Witchetty Bush in the outback outside of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Grubs are high in protein and were a traditional meal of the areas' Aboriginal peoples (all but forgotten in the face of modern supermarket foodstuffs). Witchetty grubs are the larvae of cossid moths. The large white worms live in tunnels in the ground where they feed on sap from the roots of a species of Acacia, commonly known as Wichetty Bush. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Bessie Liddle savors a roasted witchetty grub for its flavor and its nostalgia (she has not hunted the grubs to the extent she did when she was young, partly due to the proliferation of supermarket foodstuffs and partly due to her age), outside Alice Springs, Central Australia. (Witchetty grubs are the larvae of cossid moths).(Man Eating Bugs page 22)
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  • Late afternoon laundry shadows play on the courtyard of a typical family compound in the village of Masetoni in Venda, in the far northeast of South Africa. (Man Eating Bugs page 122,123)
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  • Elevated walkways are the pedestrian roads of Agats, the largest town on the Arafura Sea in the Asmat, a large, steamy hot tidal swamp. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Travel in this part of the world is by canoe or motorboat. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Martinus Himan, a Dani child with a mouthful of roasted stink bugs, Soroba Village, Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • Amuloke Walelo and her husband prepare the day's vegetables with the blood-red juice of the buah merah fruit, Soroba, Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. (Man Eating Bugs page 82,83)
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  • The disfigured hand of a Dani woman. In Dani culture, the fingers of women are severed from the first knuckle at an early age as a tribute to family members who have died. Amuloke: "My older sister died and my mother cut them (my fingers) off when I was five years old with a sharp stone axe, all of them at once. Now I feel a bit angry with my mother because she cut them. When I see the other fingers complete, I feel bad about it. The cut fingers aren't good for holding. They don't work very well." Soroba, Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. (Man Eating Bugs page 82)
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  • A contrast of cultures (Tribal vs. Western) plays in front of the Wamena movie theater?Dani Highlanders in western dress beside a man wearing traditional Dani dress (a penis gourd), Wamena Village, Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.(Man Eating Bugs page 76,77)
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  • A giant stone face in the Bayon Temple in Angkor, Cambodia. A 12th century temple-mountain complex containing 200 gigantic faces. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Vats of swirling boiling oil in Phnom Penh's Wholesale Market are full of crickets (left), and whole small birds (right), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Man Eating Bugs page 46)
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  • A spoonful of fried weaver ants of the Oecophylla genus, near Angkor Wat, Cambodia. They are shaken from their nests in the trees, caught in baskets on long poles, then stir-fried quickly over high heat. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects page 54. See also page 6)
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  • Alet van der Walt and her two-year-old son, Walt, Afrikaaners, carting cleaned, salted, cooked, and dried mopane worms back to South Africa where they will be sold to wholesalers; Walt helps himself to a personal snack of the commodity along the return trip. Botswana. Dried mopane worms have three times the protein content of beef and can be stored for many months. Eaten dry the worms are hard, crispy, and woody tasting. In your mouth, they taste like salty sawdust. (Man Eating Bugs page 131 Top)
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  • Kitty Miller prepares witchetty grubs by cooking them in the hot ashes at the edge of the campfire outside Alice Springs in Central Australia. Grubs are high in protein and were a traditional meal of the areas' Aboriginal peoples?all but forgotten in the face of modern supermarket foodstuffs. Witchetty grubs are the larvae of cossid moths. The large white worms live in tunnels in the ground where they feed on sap from the roots of a species of Acacia, commonly known as Wichetty Bush. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Leaning over the glass-topped workbench in the spare bedroom of his Los Alamos, NM condominium, where he builds most of his robot creatures, Mark Tilden shines a flashlight on what will become the head of Nito 1.0. Many of the components scattered over his desk are simple, cheap, and (by contemporary standards) primitive; many are ripped from junked tape decks, cameras, and VCRs. Nito will be Tilden's most ambitious creation yet. (The name stands for "Neural Implementation of a Torso Organism.") When complete, he says, this easily built machine should interact in a simianlike fashion in its world. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 121..
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  • Ringed by six-foot sheets of bullet-proof glass and a sellout crowd, radio-controlled gladiators battle to the mechanical death. At Robot Wars, a two-day-long competition in San Francisco, CA the crowd roars to the near-constant shriek of metal, the crash of flying parts, and the thunderous beat of techno music. After a series of one-on-one matches, losers and winners alike duke it out in a final death-match called a Melee. In this Melee, the 13-foot Snake curls to use its drill-bit tail on its hapless victim, a tracked vehicle; meanwhile, the simple yet primitively powerful Frenzy hammers the rolling, wedge-shaped Tazbot. From the book Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species, page 202-203.
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