. Big game hunting in Africa and other lands; the appearance, habits, traits of character and every detail of wild animal life ... Hunting -- Africa; Animal behavior. THE STORY OF THE LION. 121 camel for several minutes without attempting to break its neck. I have seen a horse, a young elephant and two antelopes killed by a bite in the throat; while I have also known instances of horses and zebras being killed by a bite on the back of the neck behind the head. Buffaloes are sometimes killed by a dislocation of the neck, which is effected by the liou springing onto their shoulders, and then sei
. Big game hunting in Africa and other lands; the appearance, habits, traits of character and every detail of wild animal life ... Hunting -- Africa; Animal behavior. THE STORY OF THE LION. 121 camel for several minutes without attempting to break its neck. I have seen a horse, a young elephant and two antelopes killed by a bite in the throat; while I have also known instances of horses and zebras being killed by a bite on the back of the neck behind the head. Buffaloes are sometimes killed by a dislocation of the neck, which is effected by the liou springing onto their shoulders, and then seizing their noses with one paw, giving the neck a sudden wrench. It was formerly a prevalent notion that lions were in the habit of carrying. A PLAYFUL OLD LION. off the carcasses of large animals, like oxen and buffaloes, by throwing them over their back and walking bodily away with them. All recent observers are, however, agreed that this is by no means a correct statement, and that their invariable practice is to transport such carcasses by dragging them along the ground. A South African lion would be quite incapable of lifting a buffalo from the ground, much less of leaping over a fence with it, as the lion of North Africa has been alleged to do. In referring to an instance of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lundeberg, Axel; Seymour, Frederick H. A. [Chicago, D. B. McCurdy
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