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Scientists Race To Save The Tasmanian Devil
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1-31-2008 5:30 AM
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2-1-2008
4:42 PM
debbyski
Your clips are excellent lately TN
2-1-2008
7:59 PM
cabanaben
TN do you think the road kill they are fed every day, laying on hot surfaced roads full of chemicals could have anything to do with the cancer?
2-2-2008
6:03 AM
vk2yoc
Did you know that some d**khead released 32 foxes in Tassy, the devils were the only animal that may have kept them under control, at least in part. It's a major ecological disaster all round now.
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