Natural history sketches among the carnivora: wild and domesticated1885 |
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... manner in which the tiger kills its prey . Some assert that it is done by biting through the vertebræ of the neck , others that the head of the victim is violently wrenched backwards , and the neck broken . The alleged smashing of the ...
... manner in which the tiger kills its prey . Some assert that it is done by biting through the vertebræ of the neck , others that the head of the victim is violently wrenched backwards , and the neck broken . The alleged smashing of the ...
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... manner as a dog . The gait , too , differs entirely from that of the cats , and the whole form suggests a capacity for great speed - as is actually the case - this being the only member of the group which captures its prey by racing it ...
... manner as a dog . The gait , too , differs entirely from that of the cats , and the whole form suggests a capacity for great speed - as is actually the case - this being the only member of the group which captures its prey by racing it ...
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... manners of his cheetah impresses one favourably with their docility . It played amiably with the dogs , followed him about on horseback , purred like a cat when fondled , and behaved admirably with human beings generally . When roused ...
... manners of his cheetah impresses one favourably with their docility . It played amiably with the dogs , followed him about on horseback , purred like a cat when fondled , and behaved admirably with human beings generally . When roused ...
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... manner of his kind , and thus rendered it uninhabitable for some time at least . We had to live as best we could in the wool - shed , until the place had been " deodorised " by burning dry cow - dung on the mud floor , and shutting all ...
... manner of his kind , and thus rendered it uninhabitable for some time at least . We had to live as best we could in the wool - shed , until the place had been " deodorised " by burning dry cow - dung on the mud floor , and shutting all ...
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... manner of a cat , when in the retromingent attitude , shot a stream of fluid in the direction of the dog , very little of which touched him . It was with considerable surprise that I noticed how great a distance the creature was capable ...
... manner of a cat , when in the retromingent attitude , shot a stream of fluid in the direction of the dog , very little of which touched him . It was with considerable surprise that I noticed how great a distance the creature was capable ...
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Page 7 - Mebalwe, who was trying to shoot him at a distance of ten or fifteen yards. His gun, a flint one, missed fire in both barrels ; the lion immediately left me, and, attacking Mebalwe, bit his thigh.
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Page 7 - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening.
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Page 7 - Turning round to relieve myself of the weight, as he had one paw on the back of my head...
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