Aesop's fable? This one turns out to be true


	Aesop's fable? This one turns out to be true

tabsey

8-10-2009 8:02 AM

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the virtue of ingenuity and how necessity is the mother of invention

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8-10-2009 3:22 PM

tanyamm

I've seen crows do some amazing things.

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