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BOOJUM


★ A particularly dangerous kind of Snark.

★ A phenomenon in physics, associated with superfluid Helium-3.

★ The boojum tree (''Fouquieria columnaris'') of Baja California, with an isolated population in Sonora, Mexico. It is a member of the Fouquieriaceae, commonly called the Coachwhip Family

★ A planned but never completed supersonic version of the SM-62 Snark

★ A flying enemy whose shriek attack hurls your character back from it in the computer game American McGee's Alice.

★ A Boojum is also a term used to describe malevolent spirits that attack humans, either for food or for entertainment.

★ A Boojum is also an employee or client of either Boojum Expeditions boojum.com or Boojum Institute, boojum.org. The organizations' names were derived from early educational programs that took place in Baja California. The name Boojum was given to Fouquieria columnaris by an English Botanist and fan of Lewis Carrol who coined the word originally in his epic poem, "The Hunting of the Snark".

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