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the worst wound was on his haunch, which exhibited a sickening yawning gash, more than twelve inches long, almost laying bare the very bone. I was very cool and steady, ... Before we had proceeded a hundred yards from the carcase, upwards of sixty vultures, whom the lioness had often fed, were feasting on her remains.
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Merganettini, torrent ducks (small, long stiff tail); ... Aegypiinae (Old World vultures, palm-nut vulture = vulturine sea eagle, lammergeier), large, heavy bodied, many scavenge on ungulates, adults usually with bare heads, often with neck ruff, superciliary plate absent. ... African and Asian finfoot chick is downy,
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Plumage black and white, face bare. 1 species, ... Tadorninae shelducks and allies, including tribes Merganettini torrent ducks Merganetta (small, ... Mating behavior and social organization are variable, monogamous in malleefowl where male guards a mound, and in many Megapodius where male guards a female and remains in a pair;
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Although, for the present, that wild fauna is actually a chief asset of our East- African colony, ... This night-cold cuts to the bone unless one is provided with the simple necessary wraps, in my case overlooked. The result was an internal chill, followed by colic, terminating in fever. Cruel was the disappointment.
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London: EDWARD ARNOLD 1908 [A// Rights Resei-ved\ c ' r" o PREFACE Should the title of this work convey no significance, the fact wonlcl show that there yet remains " Something new from Africa." That Arabic term "Safari" has no precise equivalent in our British tongue, yet is in daily ... STRAY NOTES ON EAST-AFRICAN GAME .
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and to express admiration of his eminent scientific attainments, nowhere more strongly evidenced than by the striking hypothesis respecting the physical conformation of the African continent, promulgated in his Presidential Address to the Royal Geographic Society in 1852, and verified three years afterward by the Author...
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and finding that their present position was bare, they walked majestically along the top of the bank to a spot a few hundred yards lower, where the bank was well wooded. Here they seemed half inclined to await my attack; ... Suddenly I observed a number of vultures seated on the plain about a quarter of a mile ahead of us,
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Large lappet-faced and white-headed vultures have deep, broad backs adapted for tearing skin and other tough parts. They can rip open the dead animal making the viscera more accessible to white-backed and Ruppells griffon vulture which have long, bare necks and can reach deep inside the body.
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In response to worrying declines of many migratory species, BirdLife has launched the Born to Travel Campaign to protect migratory birds along the African-Eurasian flyway. ... On the 7th December 2007 the bird had to be put down as a result of an infection in its shattered shin bone.
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The remains of a long tubular structure, ... Once a geological age or two has passed, there will be nothing but the odd bone or gold ring to show that we were ever here. ... Will the East African Rift expand into an ocean? Will the continents aggregate into supercontinents, as has happened in the past? Long-term tectonic...
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