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> [The Egyptians had the locusts and in the Middle Ages there was the Black Death with the rats, but tourists are the plague of our century and we'll not survive this one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-conniff/the-egyptians-had-the-locusts-and-in-the-middle-ages-there-was-the/)

[Richard Conniff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-conniff/)

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## More by Richard Conniff

> [The natural world is full of females falling hard for stupid male display behavior, including bright feathers, big antlers, and bombastic courtship rituals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-conniff/the-natural-world-is-full-of-females-falling-hard-for-stupid-male/)

[Richard Conniff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-conniff/)

> [The Egyptians had the locusts and in the Middle Ages there was the Black Death with the rats, but tourists are the plague of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-conniff/the-egyptians-had-the-locusts-and-in-the-middle-ages-there-was-the/)

[Richard Conniff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-conniff/)

> [Large swaths of what we now regard as basic medical knowledge came originally from naturalists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-conniff/large-swaths-of-what-we-now-regard-as-basic-medical-knowledge-came/)

[Richard Conniff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-conniff/)

> [Among environmentalists sharing two or three beers, the notion is quite common that if only some calamity could wipe out the entire human race,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-conniff/among-environmentalists-sharing-two-or-three-beers-the-notion-is/)

[Richard Conniff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-conniff/)

> [As an editor, I must often tell writers that their stories "do not fit our present needs." But there are times when I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-conniff/as-an-editor-i-must-often-tell-writers-that-their-stories-do-not-fit/)

[Richard Conniff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-conniff/)

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