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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 17 Mar 2017

    A British man was convicted of capturing, killing and possessing a rare butterfly and faces jail timehttp://nyti.ms/2mDwsIC 

    12:47 PM - 17 Mar 2017
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      2. Mary Murphy‏ @FastFM 17 Mar 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        captured, killed ... and possessed? as in demonically?

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      3. Eamon Phoenix‏ @PhoenixEamon 17 Mar 2017
        Replying to @FastFM @nytimes

        demonically is probably better than what I thought, which was related to necrophilia

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      4. Mary Murphy‏ @FastFM 17 Mar 2017
        Replying to @PhoenixEamon @nytimes

        ... ack!

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      1. Dr. Satoshi Fr0wgamoto‏ @frowg1e 17 Mar 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        "Im a killer. Dont mess with me" "Who'd you kill" "Let's just say, they called me the Butterfly Killer"

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      1. Rebecca Piquette‏ @khepsendj 17 Mar 2017
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        A BUTTERFLY?? And yet trump can do all he has with NO jail time???

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      1. Cuauhtemoc Agundez A‏ @cuauhtemocagun1 17 Mar 2017
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        Well,in your USA thousands face jail,deportation lost of property & family separate just because crossed border looking for a job

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      1. Pittsburgher‏ @SLCJCC 17 Mar 2017
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        Good for our British cousins! Here, the Trump administration would have given the guy a parade.

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      1. Meisanother‏ @Meisanother 17 Mar 2017
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        @DanBilefsky Shame the butterfly Police can't capture terrorists

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      1. Betty Chomba‏ @BettyChomba1 17 Mar 2017
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        What a time to be alive!

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      1. Jesse Melia‏ @elmeliac 17 Mar 2017
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        dis is u lol @unclesam997

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      1. Sam Mumu‏ @SamMum4 7 Apr 2017
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        poor him

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      1. L A Whitehead‏ @leetosh121226 18 Mar 2017
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        im glad!! There lifespan is all but over a day. Horrible git!! Thros away the key

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      1. Rosemary‏ @Rosemary0263 17 Mar 2017
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      1. Jeri Chilcutt‏ @jhchilcutt 17 Mar 2017
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        good

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      1. Doctor Garrett‏ @doctor_garrett 17 Mar 2017
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        If only TERENCE STAMP'S COLLECTOR was stopped this way! See http://www.spankingfit.com/  #health #medicine #fitness #sexpic.twitter.com/SD9MU6b9kf

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      1. Close my Account‏ @Iamright2017 17 Mar 2017
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        And yet if his wife wants to abort a child in the last trimester and it is breathing, it will be left on the floor to die.

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      1. Bass Ackwards‏ @hm3clayton 17 Mar 2017
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        That's one helluva butterfly effect.

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      1. Zaftig‏ @BurningSands29 17 Mar 2017
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        C'mon people, it's rare. Also, while not as important as bees, they do contribute to the pollination of the plants we use for food

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      1. Mike Katz‏ @mkatz2000 17 Mar 2017
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        Lepidoptericide...?

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