Berry, Hermanus Human, 1939-2011, Dr.

The mouse-to-elephant curve - why size is so important / Text by Hu Berry - Windhoek : Venture Publications, 2006 - 3 pages : illustrations; 28 cm - Flamingo July 2006, p. 21 - 23 .

Bear in mind that the smallest mammal known to scinece, a two-gram shrew about the size of a raisin, has a nervous, circulatory, digestive and reproductive system that is as perfect as an elephant's. As thinking human beings, we all agree that it is not the quantity of wealth we possess, but the smooth functioning of these life processes which insures the quality of our health


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