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... Africa fared no better , being first pushed toward extinction by the Romans , who imported thousands for slaughter ... African lion had vanished . But the species survived in the vast savannas south of the Sahara , in part because Euro ...
... Africa fared no better , being first pushed toward extinction by the Romans , who imported thousands for slaughter ... African lion had vanished . But the species survived in the vast savannas south of the Sahara , in part because Euro ...
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... Africa enjoying the sight of lions at ease in their domain , no one is likely to be impressed with a hunter who has selfishly shot a lion for his own pleasure . Parties of hunters sometimes passed through Seronera . Sitting in their ...
... Africa enjoying the sight of lions at ease in their domain , no one is likely to be impressed with a hunter who has selfishly shot a lion for his own pleasure . Parties of hunters sometimes passed through Seronera . Sitting in their ...
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... Africa today , yet the fauna is im- poverished . Only around two thirds of the genera of large mammals in Africa a million or so years ago survived to the present . We are witnessing the twilight of the great beasts , whereas ...
... Africa today , yet the fauna is im- poverished . Only around two thirds of the genera of large mammals in Africa a million or so years ago survived to the present . We are witnessing the twilight of the great beasts , whereas ...
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Life in the Pride | 44 |
Neighborly Disputes | 92 |
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