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Sierra Club Series - Orangutan [VHS] | VHS Tape


List Price: $29.99  

Binding:  VHS Tape
Rating:  Unrated
Run Time:  60 minutes
Format:  Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Studio:  Eastman Kodak Co.
Number of Discs:  1
Sales Rank:  53,444rd


CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)

Sumatran Orangutan by Ellen R. Fissel (South Mountain, PA USA) 5 Stars
June 02, 2008
This entertaining documentry is about the Sumatran Orangutan and its habbits and how it survives in a world that continues to change thanks to man who continues to cut down his forest homes.

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