David Attenborough's hellish mail.


	David Attenborough's hellish mail.
JohnWaterman
1-26-2009 2:39 PM
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1-26-2009 3:04 PM
cakebelly
A great man, our David; thanks for clipping this - the Lyrebird is one of my fave David moments, too.
1-26-2009 5:43 PM
brightlight4
There sure are a lot of religious fanatics around these days and the world would be a WHOLE lot better off without them or if they at least respected what they are taught, i.e. to LOVE, LOVE, LOVE NOT HATE AND DESTROY!!!
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