Elated by even a sad, empty outpost of civilization, I stopped at the creepy little market with unstocked shelves and a dentally deficient man at the register.

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"Many accuse the dentally defective rat of being a nuisance that wreaks havoc on farmlands, roads, lakes, streams and tree plantations, " she said, adding that a country's symbols can "change over time".

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