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Page 124
... reclined side by side. I was always impressed by how amicably nomads joined and parted, because their behavior was so strikingly different from the manner in which pride members treated strangers. The nature of nomads seemed to widen ...
... reclined side by side. I was always impressed by how amicably nomads joined and parted, because their behavior was so strikingly different from the manner in which pride members treated strangers. The nature of nomads seemed to widen ...
Page 140
... reclined on his side, too weak to raise his head, only his eyes showing the final tenacity with which he clung to life. At dusk he heard distant roars and. with a last effort, he grunted weakly several times, trying to retain a vestige ...
... reclined on his side, too weak to raise his head, only his eyes showing the final tenacity with which he clung to life. At dusk he heard distant roars and. with a last effort, he grunted weakly several times, trying to retain a vestige ...
Page 206
... reclined ten feet from them. It was dark now and Kay departed. By next morning the male had gone. Ron McLaughlin watched six such encounters in Nairobi Park and on four of these the male attacked the family, once trying to bite a female ...
... reclined ten feet from them. It was dark now and Kay departed. By next morning the male had gone. Ron McLaughlin watched six such encounters in Nairobi Park and on four of these the male attacked the family, once trying to bite a female ...
Contents
The Seasons | 25 |
Life in the Pride | 60 |
Neighborly Disputes | 102 |
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