The White Lions of TimbavatiAn account of the discovery and lives of three white lions born in the Timbavati Nature Reserve in Africa, whose survival is in constant jeopardy because of their conspicuous color and lack of natural camouflage. |
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... growling noise - a noise I'd never heard before in all the hours I'd spent listening to lions . It sounded about thirty yards away , so we went very quietly and ended by walking a few hundred yards . Then we saw a big lion - it was ...
... growling noise - a noise I'd never heard before in all the hours I'd spent listening to lions . It sounded about thirty yards away , so we went very quietly and ended by walking a few hundred yards . Then we saw a big lion - it was ...
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... growling the way a lion growls only at mating and biting at the nape of her neck very softly , though with his teeth bared . We watched them spellbound for a full two and a half hours , until it was too dark to see , or photograph , any ...
... growling the way a lion growls only at mating and biting at the nape of her neck very softly , though with his teeth bared . We watched them spellbound for a full two and a half hours , until it was too dark to see , or photograph , any ...
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Chris McBride. was still growling horribly , and shouted : " Stop firing into my bloody lion . Stop making holes in my lion skin . " Then , when he got quite close to the dying animal , he crouched down , shining his light into the bush ...
Chris McBride. was still growling horribly , and shouted : " Stop firing into my bloody lion . Stop making holes in my lion skin . " Then , when he got quite close to the dying animal , he crouched down , shining his light into the bush ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Two Families in the Lowveld | 15 |
Encounter in the Bush | 27 |
Copyright | |
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