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Page 48
... hunting animals use the small amount of light present even on the darkest night to find their way . Some birds and reptiles may also sense victims by their body warmth , and owls certainly use acute hearing to pick up rustles of small ...
... hunting animals use the small amount of light present even on the darkest night to find their way . Some birds and reptiles may also sense victims by their body warmth , and owls certainly use acute hearing to pick up rustles of small ...
Page 51
... hunting has to be continuous and successful . A third of the year may be spent fasting , so this hunting also serves the need to lay down a supply of fat as reserve energy . Food seems to be mainly surface fish and creatures such as ...
... hunting has to be continuous and successful . A third of the year may be spent fasting , so this hunting also serves the need to lay down a supply of fat as reserve energy . Food seems to be mainly surface fish and creatures such as ...
Page 55
... hunting is profitable for the natives . Their method of hunting is almost unbelievable . The hunters range up to ten miles out to sea and their canoes spread out in a huge fan with perhaps a half mile between some of the canoes . When a ...
... hunting is profitable for the natives . Their method of hunting is almost unbelievable . The hunters range up to ten miles out to sea and their canoes spread out in a huge fan with perhaps a half mile between some of the canoes . When a ...
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