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... predators seem unable to coexist. As the human population continues to increase, only national parks and reserves will ultimately remain as samples of wilderness where we can relive our past by meeting the predators that were once our ...
... predators seem unable to coexist. As the human population continues to increase, only national parks and reserves will ultimately remain as samples of wilderness where we can relive our past by meeting the predators that were once our ...
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... predators. By watching its elders, a youngster finds out how closely it may approach a lion with impunity, and it learns to venture toward waterholes cautiously at the proper time of day. In fact, a young animal must first learn to view ...
... predators. By watching its elders, a youngster finds out how closely it may approach a lion with impunity, and it learns to venture toward waterholes cautiously at the proper time of day. In fact, a young animal must first learn to view ...
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... predators during the night? Having many times seen how a hyena pack will chase lions off their kill, I doubt that those predators would have hesitated to treat early hominids in similar fashion. I cannot believe that Australopithecus ...
... predators during the night? Having many times seen how a hyena pack will chase lions off their kill, I doubt that those predators would have hesitated to treat early hominids in similar fashion. I cannot believe that Australopithecus ...
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Life in the Pride | 60 |
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