Not quite as huge but with an equally mysterious history is the so-called Golden Maharaja, a pear-shaped diamond of fancy dark orange-brown color, weighing in at 65.57 carats.

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John Walsh, a technology administrator at Deutsche Bank, managed to catch a glimpse of the delicate, dark brown winter wren after he broke away from DiCostanzo's group on a recent morning.

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Her latest baby, a male night monkey with dark fur, beige brows and large, protruding brown eyes for night vision, arrived at the center on Feb. 4, weighing a scant 100 grams, about a quarter of a pound.

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