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... later The Young Female arrived and greeted everybody in typical cat fashion by rubbing her cheeks and forehead against them. Soon thereafter she vanished. Thoroughly awake now, Flop-ear spotted several gazelle, their white bellies ...
... later The Young Female arrived and greeted everybody in typical cat fashion by rubbing her cheeks and forehead against them. Soon thereafter she vanished. Thoroughly awake now, Flop-ear spotted several gazelle, their white bellies ...
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... later they left the pride together at the age of thirty-two months. Cubs live wholly on milk for the first weeks of life. I never saw lionesses regurgitate meat for them, as they are often said to do. But at the age of five to seven ...
... later they left the pride together at the age of thirty-two months. Cubs live wholly on milk for the first weeks of life. I never saw lionesses regurgitate meat for them, as they are often said to do. But at the age of five to seven ...
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... later, on February 14, the troop returned, still consisting of seventeen members. But Kay noted that its daytime routine around the termite hill was now highly irregular, since some animals visited the holes every few hours. We ...
... later, on February 14, the troop returned, still consisting of seventeen members. But Kay noted that its daytime routine around the termite hill was now highly irregular, since some animals visited the holes every few hours. We ...
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The Seasons | 25 |
Life in the Pride | 60 |
Neighborly Disputes | 102 |
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