The Tree where Man was BornIn this book, two naturalists join to evoke the African experience. |
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... hyena spirits in human form who are detected by some such sign as a mouth in the back of the head . 15 A werewolf hyena is often an old witch woman , " trotting along the river now , baring her teeth in the night air , " 16 and the ...
... hyena spirits in human form who are detected by some such sign as a mouth in the back of the head . 15 A werewolf hyena is often an old witch woman , " trotting along the river now , baring her teeth in the night air , " 16 and the ...
Page 127
... hyena on the plain were coming fast to drive them from the kill . All thirteen heads snapped at the meat , so close together that inevitably one yelped , but even when two would worry the same shred , there was never a snarl , only a ...
... hyena on the plain were coming fast to drive them from the kill . All thirteen heads snapped at the meat , so close together that inevitably one yelped , but even when two would worry the same shred , there was never a snarl , only a ...
Page 128
... hyenas , hunting at night , that make most of the kills , and the lions seen on the carcasses in daytime are the scavengers . Hans Kruuk has discovered that the crater's hyenas are divided in great clans , and that sometimes these hyena ...
... hyenas , hunting at night , that make most of the kills , and the lions seen on the carcasses in daytime are the scavengers . Hans Kruuk has discovered that the crater's hyenas are divided in great clans , and that sometimes these hyena ...
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