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They Walk on Their Heads

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on BBC Home Service Basic

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by Frank W. Lane
A farmer in a cornfield is in more danger of being attacked by a pumpkin than a swimmer is of being attacked by an octopus.'
Mr. Lane, author of The Kingdom of the Octopus, disagrees with this opinion. From a study of the macabre experiences of frogmen and swimmers, he has concluded that octopuses are more dangerous than pumpkins.

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Frank W. Lane
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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