Natural history sketches among the carnivora: wild and domesticated1885 |
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... close observation which the artist's studies must have rendered necessary : - - " My experiences regarding the large cats are purely artistic , but a few suggestions occur to me . 66 The abundant mane , no doubt , does much for the ...
... close observation which the artist's studies must have rendered necessary : - - " My experiences regarding the large cats are purely artistic , but a few suggestions occur to me . 66 The abundant mane , no doubt , does much for the ...
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... close to them in every direction . He also mentions a much more remarkable instance of their sagacity . A tiger , being closely pursued , was suddenly lost sight of near a pool of water , and almost given up , when it was perceived ...
... close to them in every direction . He also mentions a much more remarkable instance of their sagacity . A tiger , being closely pursued , was suddenly lost sight of near a pool of water , and almost given up , when it was perceived ...
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... close to a settlement , Being driven desperate with hunger , they will then attack man or beast at every opportunity . Inferior in every respect to the jaguar is its congener , the puma , which is seldom guilty of man - eating . It ...
... close to a settlement , Being driven desperate with hunger , they will then attack man or beast at every opportunity . Inferior in every respect to the jaguar is its congener , the puma , which is seldom guilty of man - eating . It ...
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... close as to render a meeting inevitable , with the result of which I have every reason to be well satisfied . The leopards or panthers of Asia and Africa , though far inferior in size to the tiger or jaguar , are nevertheless formid ...
... close as to render a meeting inevitable , with the result of which I have every reason to be well satisfied . The leopards or panthers of Asia and Africa , though far inferior in size to the tiger or jaguar , are nevertheless formid ...
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... close his teeth in anger on the hand he loves . This ineradicable ferocity might be intelligible if we were continually renewing our domestic breeds with wild blood . But this is not so . In all probability - almost certainly - the cat ...
... close his teeth in anger on the hand he loves . This ineradicable ferocity might be intelligible if we were continually renewing our domestic breeds with wild blood . But this is not so . In all probability - almost certainly - the cat ...
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