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Caddisflies, of which there are about 200 species in the UK, look similar to moths and have hairy wings.

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It is smaller than your fingernail, but this hairy beetle is one of the biggest single threats to the UK's forests.

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One site PC Counsell takes us to, a series of standing stones, is through dense woodland, up a steep mountain track - even in a 4x4 with a trained police driver it's a hairy climb.

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Criticism has flooded in, including that engineering mammoth-like creatures is a big stretch from making mice hairier, as well as being unethical, and that the whole project is a publicity stunt.

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Pennant races always had the potential to get a little hairy, and these days that’s not always about late-inning rallies, fluke bounces or the questionable call by an umpire.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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