Sad News For Borneo Orangutans


	Sad News For Borneo Orangutans

celestialdancer

5-18-2009 10:55 PM

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5-19-2009 6:12 AM

chestnut501

good goin' crazy homo sapiens.

5-19-2009 7:11 AM

celestialdancer

Yes for me it is very sad news.

5-19-2009 8:43 PM

chestnut501

I'm kind of surprised because I thought that Bornio was rather sparsely populated.

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