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Page 132
... and adults died of the following causes : snared or shot , forty - one per- cent ; fight with other lion , twenty - three percent ; disease , eighteen percent ; injured by prey , nine percent ; 132 · Golden Shadows , Flying Hooves.
... and adults died of the following causes : snared or shot , forty - one per- cent ; fight with other lion , twenty - three percent ; disease , eighteen percent ; injured by prey , nine percent ; 132 · Golden Shadows , Flying Hooves.
Page 144
... percent of the kills were abandoned by the lions , and thirty - nine percent were eaten up , usually by visiting friends . The remaining forty - four percent were appropriated by hyenas , who simply drove the lions off . One afternoon I ...
... percent of the kills were abandoned by the lions , and thirty - nine percent were eaten up , usually by visiting friends . The remaining forty - four percent were appropriated by hyenas , who simply drove the lions off . One afternoon I ...
Page 154
... percent , 27 percent , and 26 percent respectively ; but for topi it is only 14 percent -speaking well for the vigilance of this animal . Emotions cannot be re - created , but there are some hunts I remember with special clarity and ...
... percent , 27 percent , and 26 percent respectively ; but for topi it is only 14 percent -speaking well for the vigilance of this animal . Emotions cannot be re - created , but there are some hunts I remember with special clarity and ...
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