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    This former ghost town on the fringes of LAX is now teeming with owls, legless lizards and butterflies

    by Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times Feb 21, 2019 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - When the Los Angeles beachfront community of Surfridge disappeared decades ago to make way for the jet age, nature was slow to reclaim the sandy dunes and upscale lots that once dominated the path of planes taking off from Los Angeles International Airport.

    Today however, this two-mile ghost town of vanished homes supports a growing list of protected and endangered species that have somehow adapted to the throttled-up roar of passengers jets. Surrounded by hurricane fencing and "no trespassing" signs, the LAX Dunes Preserve is now a haven for some of the rarest creatures in

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