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... minutes, listening, as if waiting for something to interrupt the silence, then returned to their cubs. A little later The Young Female arrived and greeted everybody in typical cat fashion by rubbing her cheeks and forehead against them ...
... minutes, listening, as if waiting for something to interrupt the silence, then returned to their cubs. A little later The Young Female arrived and greeted everybody in typical cat fashion by rubbing her cheeks and forehead against them ...
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... minutes. Lion males have an unenviable reputation. They are considered to be shiftless and lazy, letting the lionesses do all the hunting. And they are said to bumble amiably through life doing little except procreate. There is some ...
... minutes. Lion males have an unenviable reputation. They are considered to be shiftless and lazy, letting the lionesses do all the hunting. And they are said to bumble amiably through life doing little except procreate. There is some ...
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... minutes while her cubs tried unsuccessfully to chew a hole in the carcass. Finally she did this for them, exposing the muscles of a thigh. While they tore at the meat, she rested another ten minutes before joining her youngsters in the ...
... minutes while her cubs tried unsuccessfully to chew a hole in the carcass. Finally she did this for them, exposing the muscles of a thigh. While they tore at the meat, she rested another ten minutes before joining her youngsters in the ...
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The Seasons | 25 |
Life in the Pride | 60 |
Neighborly Disputes | 102 |
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