In Mozambique, the story goes, monkeys do not talk, because they know if they utter even a single word some man will come and put them to work. (Carl Sagan)

In Mozambique, the story goes, monkeys do not talk, because they know if they utter even a single word some man will come and put them to work.

Carl Sagan

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