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... Perhaps such calls are also a warning to other males . One observer wrote to me of how he had been attacked by a male koala . He had been using a chain saw and it is very possible that the saw was sending out a sound very similar to the ...
... Perhaps such calls are also a warning to other males . One observer wrote to me of how he had been attacked by a male koala . He had been using a chain saw and it is very possible that the saw was sending out a sound very similar to the ...
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... perhaps for food , then later as an animated postal service , the dove gets its first mention in the Bible in connection with Noah's Ark . Caesar sent messages by them . Their use in war continued until World War I. On the Abrolhos ...
... perhaps for food , then later as an animated postal service , the dove gets its first mention in the Bible in connection with Noah's Ark . Caesar sent messages by them . Their use in war continued until World War I. On the Abrolhos ...
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... perhaps a quarter of an hour of hard work the bird triumphantly carries off its prize in the form of a green leaf and places it on the stage , underside uppermost , so the light colour shines in the jungle . gloom . Perhaps as many as ...
... perhaps a quarter of an hour of hard work the bird triumphantly carries off its prize in the form of a green leaf and places it on the stage , underside uppermost , so the light colour shines in the jungle . gloom . Perhaps as many as ...
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