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Having pale skin and living in the tropics don't mix well. While most of my work entailed night patrols on prime nesting sites, there were many days spent walking and surveying along the beaches.  You see, for a few years I was a sea turtle biologist and found myself working in tropical areas just north of the equator where the suns rays are far less forgiving.  It was a hard lesson after one particular sun poisoning that jolted me into a very different relationship with the sun though. The 60's, 70's, and 80's were recalling their aluminum sun reflectors and baby oil and...

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