失常
[1997

　　A nature fi^eld researcher]^@ /is inves%tigating th:.e strange extin:/`ct.ion of small animal*s an?^d@.( $%insects in [the are
)a, ! which ind:# ^icat+%[es :
$that some\thing is @wr]!=#on/g. -His$ [suspicions?] a re soo^!.n to )-be proven \.right when he meet`=s M(_/ay, who lives in a cabin @-in%  the forest nearby. M[ay say
s[ that her house i`^s infested by (/sma%-ll c__rea)!#ture\?s that she thinks are mice or r!a;ts].%% When the cou/\` p$_l)e sea`:r+#;ch the +;ho(use furt he-;;r, ,[they not_i=^ce !that the:^?y're not ro%`@dents \]or insects. / Th ey a[.re @#[fast  evolving=$ lizards that :@%ha.ve the+( appetite for
-=animals and hu;ma%ns, no ;]matter @[*wh at size their prey ar e...