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... vultures in South Africa: "Mr. Gurney states in the country about the Orange river they prey on the eggs of the Ostrich, which they break by dropping upon them a stone carried up into the air for the purpose." James Stevenson-Hamilton ...
... vultures in South Africa: "Mr. Gurney states in the country about the Orange river they prey on the eggs of the Ostrich, which they break by dropping upon them a stone carried up into the air for the purpose." James Stevenson-Hamilton ...
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... vultures and they sometimes arrive at a run to appropriate whatever is left. While vultures help lions to a few free meals, they deprive them of many others that ultimately they might have discovered without help. For example, I located ...
... vultures and they sometimes arrive at a run to appropriate whatever is left. While vultures help lions to a few free meals, they deprive them of many others that ultimately they might have discovered without help. For example, I located ...
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... vultures and came to a tree along whose branches these scavengers sat shoulder to shoulder. Occasionally one leaped into a thicket below. The behavior of the vultures indicated that no predator was near the hidden carcass, but still we ...
... vultures and came to a tree along whose branches these scavengers sat shoulder to shoulder. Occasionally one leaped into a thicket below. The behavior of the vultures indicated that no predator was near the hidden carcass, but still we ...
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The Seasons | 25 |
Life in the Pride | 60 |
Neighborly Disputes | 102 |
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