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Animal Quote by Jane Goodall

“When I was a child, the African forest sounded like a dream to me, because it was full of animals and it was wild.” quote by Jane Goodall — Download Open image

“When I was a child, the African forest sounded like a dream to me, because it was full of animals and it was wild.”

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