The Darwin Awards III

By Wendy Northcutt

Honoring those that increase our gene pool via inadvertently removal themselves fromit, The Darwin Awards III contains a couple of hundred fresh, hilariously macabre mishaps and misadventures.

From a sheriff who inadvertently shot himself twice, to the coverage defrauder who amputated his leg with a chainsaw; from a farmer who refrained from bee stings by means of sealing his head in a plastic bag to the fellow overwhelmed by means of the department he simply trimmed, The Darwin Awards III proves back that once it involves stupidity, no species does it like we do.

Featuring medical and security discussions and packed with illustrations depicting inspiring examples of evolution in motion, The Darwin Awards III exhibits once again how unusual logic nonetheless is.

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