No ot-e- animal -as mana-e- to -et itsel- tan-le- -p in as m--- le-en-, m-t-, s-m-olism, -eli-ion, -isto--, an- --man a--ai-s as t-e -at. --om t-e time it -i-st appea-e- -pon t-e s-ene some -o-- t-o-san- -ea-s a-o, it -as pla-e- its pa-t in almost e-e-- a-e . . . . -la-- ma-i-, --ite ma-i-, -oo- l--- an- -a-, a --n--e- s-pe-stitions -o-e-in- e-e-- aspe-t o- --man li-e an- -on-ition, a-e as--i-e- to t-e -at. . . . -e-e is a -ompen-i-- to att-a-t me-e mo-tals . . . t-e-e is a ma-i- a-o-t it o-e-all, an- --at -e -o-l- -ea-l- lo-e to -e is ma-i-ians -it- s-pe-nat--al po-e-s. T-e -at -o-l- seem to -a-e -etaine- some o- t-ese o---lt -a--lties. Let -s t-e-e-o-e -e --ien-s to t-em an- --ien-s to t-ei- --ien-s.

~ Pa-l -alli-o, -ono-a-le -at

Letters left to guess:
. B C D . F G H . J K . . . . . Q R . . U V W X Y Z


DukeDogsMom ~ 68 Es, 37 Is, 22 Ls = 232 points
Randi ~ 39 Os, 28 Ns = 166 points
Karen ~ 59 As, 50 Ts = 168 points
Pitc9 ~ 12 Ps, 20 Ms = 32 points
Killearn Kitties ~ 33 Ss = 33 points

[Yeah, that is one long quote, isn't it? What was I thinking when I picked it? *gleep*]