mess with nature

Friends said she'd be crazy to mess with nature.

At first, we both wrote off the idea, finding it disturbing even to consider messing with nature.

And messing with nature however crudely is always dangerous.

SOME years ago, after it became clear that my husband's fate was to be a father of girls, he decided to mess with nature.

This exhibition stands out because it captures not only the moral problems but the twisted thrill of messing with nature.

But some hobbyists said messing with nature should not bother people who keep fish behind glass walls rather than in their natural habitats.

Maybe I should just let that process unfold, maybe I shouldn't try to mess with nature.

Now they have messed with nature, what with domes and phony grass and lumbering designated hitters masticating sunflower seeds instead of fielding a position.

Then again, Pag's parents hadn't messed with nature, and look what it got them: a son curled up in the dirt while a bunch of engineered superboys kicked in his ribs.

Jose Valentin of Milwaukee had anticipated finally getting to play in Wrigley Field, and yesterday Valentin swatted a home run - "in the only game played in the majors this afternoon," as Ernie Banks used to say before the Cubs themselves messed with nature and put in lights.