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... Usually a lion is indifferent to the sun in the Serengeti highlands , where shade temperatures seldom climb above 90 ° F . , but a bloated one suffers from the harsh rays . While shade is usually available , the extra effort that may be ...
... Usually a lion is indifferent to the sun in the Serengeti highlands , where shade temperatures seldom climb above 90 ° F . , but a bloated one suffers from the harsh rays . While shade is usually available , the extra effort that may be ...
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... usually ignored . Then one day it also vanished . One cub belonging to lioness A , whose loss of a newborn litter I described earlier , fared somewhat better . Lioness A became pregnant again when her cub was only fifteen months old ...
... usually ignored . Then one day it also vanished . One cub belonging to lioness A , whose loss of a newborn litter I described earlier , fared somewhat better . Lioness A became pregnant again when her cub was only fifteen months old ...
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... usually not welcome . As the drug took effect , the lion calmly rolled on its side , usually within five minutes of being hit , a typical position in lions that caused no alarm among the others . At times lions watched me from as close ...
... usually not welcome . As the drug took effect , the lion calmly rolled on its side , usually within five minutes of being hit , a typical position in lions that caused no alarm among the others . At times lions watched me from as close ...
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Life in the Pride | 44 |
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