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... reclined and waited awhile before approaching a little closer . Some 31⁄2 hours after meeting the lionesses he was still fifty feet from them . In subsequent months I occasionally met male No. 61 with his friend on the plains . Then ...
... reclined and waited awhile before approaching a little closer . Some 31⁄2 hours after meeting the lionesses he was still fifty feet from them . In subsequent months I occasionally met male No. 61 with his friend on the plains . Then ...
Page 112
... reclined on its side , I clamped a colored and num- bered metal tag in one or both ears and I also cut a small notch out of one ear , spreading a drop or two of the escaping blood on a glass slide . The blood would be checked later for ...
... reclined on its side , I clamped a colored and num- bered metal tag in one or both ears and I also cut a small notch out of one ear , spreading a drop or two of the escaping blood on a glass slide . The blood would be checked later for ...
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... reclined 150 feet from the kill and waited over three hours , until just before dawn the others departed . After removing the last shreds of flesh from the bones No. 134 walked away , leaving No. 57 alone once more . At 7:30 a.m. he too ...
... reclined 150 feet from the kill and waited over three hours , until just before dawn the others departed . After removing the last shreds of flesh from the bones No. 134 walked away , leaving No. 57 alone once more . At 7:30 a.m. he too ...
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The Seasons | 3 |
Life in the Pride | 44 |
Neighborly Disputes | 92 |
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