Oh. Em. Gee.

Currently picking my chin up off the floor after reading this.
Note this gem from local scientist Mikhail Tiyunov: "If it really happened, things must be pretty bad in our forests." Ya think?

Currently picking my chin up off the floor after reading this.

Note this gem from local scientist Mikhail Tiyunov: “If it really happened, things must be pretty bad in our forests.” Ya think?

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