I blew the horn a few times, hoping to call up an iguana. Get the buggers moving. They were out there, I knew, in that goddamn sea of cactus--hunkered down, barely breathing, and every one of the stinking little bastards was loaded with deadly poison.
("Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream")
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