Word: leopard
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After landing, we begin our journey back in time. The forests in these wet areas are open and cool, even though the equatorial sun beats down on the upper stories of the canopy. At one point we discover leopard droppings containing black hair and some bone bits. The Pygmies claim it is gorilla hair, though only dna analysis could tell for sure. Fay thinks it's possible, since he has documented leopard attacks on gorillas. Samory, one of the trackers, claims leopards kill the immensely strong apes with surprise attacks in which the cat quickly snaps its jaws around...
There is, in fact, a civilization in these forests, even if it is nonhuman. The area is latticed with trails, some as wide as boulevards, that have been cut and maintained by elephants. Says Ndokanda: "This is the elephant's city, and the leopard's and other animals' too." The grid of paths leads to the elephants' favorite spots: mineral licks and clearings, where they socialize with relatives and friends; baths, where they cover themselves with mud; knobby trees, where they rub the mud off, stripping their skin of ticks in the process; and trees such as the Balanites wilsoniana...
...toddler in leopard-skin coat and hat stirred in his stroller. The Puerto Rican team hurriedly consulted as to how to wear their capes. A huge circle -- the whole town, it seemed -- formed in the street to greet the Olympic flame. And then planes colored the sky, bells tolled through a dream of a blue afternoon, the sun set behind the mountains amid a spangle of fireworks, and the opening ceremonies of the 16th Olympic Winter Games were officially under...
Archie Bunker used to elicit subtle chuckles when his distant toilet flushes echoed through the Bunker house. When patriarch A1 Bundy runs to the john, the conversation inevitably turns to constipation and masturbation. Roseanne wins affection for her lovable white-trash quips. The overhaired, undersexed leopard-skinclad Peg Bundy can only dream of the life of subtle sophistication enjoyed by Ms. Barr...
...personality perfectly; it even replicates the tremor in her voice with dashes and sentence fragments. An odd bird Hepburn be, but then so is Rose Sayer pouring gin over the side of the African Queen. And Jo March sliding down a banister. And Susan Vance singing to a leopard. And incredible Tracy Lord -- lighted from above, in a George Cukor close-up, dressed by Adrian, and kissed by Jimmy Stewart in the moonlight. For lovers of film, it's very hard for the artist who made these women...