Stones of Silence: Journeys in the HimalayaSchaller's tale of his Himalyan treks (1969-1975) to assess the effect of humans on the habitat of wild sheep and goats. He describes, also, a less known area--the Nilgiri Hills at the tip of the subcontinent. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... tiger emerged . Far from being asocial , irascibly avoiding contact , tigers may meet , sometimes casually on a trail , at other times to share a kill . Solitary but not asocial , the tigers are part of a small community in which all ...
... tiger emerged . Far from being asocial , irascibly avoiding contact , tigers may meet , sometimes casually on a trail , at other times to share a kill . Solitary but not asocial , the tigers are part of a small community in which all ...
Page 170
... Tiger , presents the best available account of the tiger's social life . I also gained other insights into tiger behavior , learning , for in- stance , that a mother provides her cubs with experience in the art of killing . On one ...
... Tiger , presents the best available account of the tiger's social life . I also gained other insights into tiger behavior , learning , for in- stance , that a mother provides her cubs with experience in the art of killing . On one ...
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... tigers survive in all of India today . " My total bag of Tigers is 1150 ( one thousand one hundred and fifty only ) , " wrote the Maharaja of Surguja to me in 1965. One afternoon I found a kill in a ravine where the tiger had covered ...
... tigers survive in all of India today . " My total bag of Tigers is 1150 ( one thousand one hundred and fifty only ) , " wrote the Maharaja of Surguja to me in 1965. One afternoon I found a kill in a ravine where the tiger had covered ...
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Mountains in the Desert | 115 |
Cloud Goats | 150 |
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