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... kill; sometimes one erupts into gibbering laughter, an indication of uneasiness, during a minor squabble. Any lion within two miles is certain to be attracted by the bedlam. Often, however, little is left by the time the lions arrive at ...
... kill; sometimes one erupts into gibbering laughter, an indication of uneasiness, during a minor squabble. Any lion within two miles is certain to be attracted by the bedlam. Often, however, little is left by the time the lions arrive at ...
Page 189
... kill in a tree and promptly climbed up and appropriated the carcass. A tree not only helps to keep the kill away from predators, vultures, and ants, but it is also a convenient larder to which the leopard can return at any time for a ...
... kill in a tree and promptly climbed up and appropriated the carcass. A tree not only helps to keep the kill away from predators, vultures, and ants, but it is also a convenient larder to which the leopard can return at any time for a ...
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... kill until they were satiated. As the pups gorged themselves, the adults surrounded the kill, forming a protective circle past which no hyena dared venture. Within minutes eight hyenas and three jackals hovered nearby. A few sidled ...
... kill until they were satiated. As the pups gorged themselves, the adults surrounded the kill, forming a protective circle past which no hyena dared venture. Within minutes eight hyenas and three jackals hovered nearby. A few sidled ...
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The Seasons | 25 |
Life in the Pride | 60 |
Neighborly Disputes | 102 |
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