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... usually ignored. Then one day it also vanished. One cub belonging to lioness A, whose loss of a newborn litter I described earlier, fared somewhat better. Lioness A became pregnant again when her cub was only fifteen months old, not ...
... usually ignored. Then one day it also vanished. One cub belonging to lioness A, whose loss of a newborn litter I described earlier, fared somewhat better. Lioness A became pregnant again when her cub was only fifteen months old, not ...
Page 189
... usually met Scab-ear resting alone in a tree. She had a cold and detached look, none of the carefree indolence of a lion or the aristocratic reserve of a cheetah; she conveyed visions of a nocturnal hunter, stealthy and implacable, and ...
... usually met Scab-ear resting alone in a tree. She had a cold and detached look, none of the carefree indolence of a lion or the aristocratic reserve of a cheetah; she conveyed visions of a nocturnal hunter, stealthy and implacable, and ...
Page 191
... usually failed to live up to its reputation of being a consummate hunter. Of the nine stalks I witnessed in daytime only one culminated in a rush, a successful one. The following hunt was typical. One young male had settled for awhile ...
... usually failed to live up to its reputation of being a consummate hunter. Of the nine stalks I witnessed in daytime only one culminated in a rush, a successful one. The following hunt was typical. One young male had settled for awhile ...
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The Seasons | 25 |
Life in the Pride | 60 |
Neighborly Disputes | 102 |
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