"I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us."

Animals, Plants, Talking

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"I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us."

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