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... watched the lion carefully, ready to give it artificial respiration should its breathing falter. The tagging disturbed most lions very little. With the impact of the syringe, a lion occasionally swatted its neighbor, thinking that it ...
... watched the lion carefully, ready to give it artificial respiration should its breathing falter. The tagging disturbed most lions very little. With the impact of the syringe, a lion occasionally swatted its neighbor, thinking that it ...
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... watched the incident without participating. The lizard deflated and contentedly continued its sunbath. Each individual prey animal must also learn the habits of the various kinds of predators. By watching its elders, a youngster finds ...
... watched the incident without participating. The lizard deflated and contentedly continued its sunbath. Each individual prey animal must also learn the habits of the various kinds of predators. By watching its elders, a youngster finds ...
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... watched six such encounters in Nairobi Park and on four of these the male attacked the family, once trying to bite a female in the flank. Perhaps it was just as well that our cub tried to repulse the advances of the strange male. On the ...
... watched six such encounters in Nairobi Park and on four of these the male attacked the family, once trying to bite a female in the flank. Perhaps it was just as well that our cub tried to repulse the advances of the strange male. On the ...
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The Seasons | 25 |
Life in the Pride | 60 |
Neighborly Disputes | 102 |
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