Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 268 | At that View more quotes about sound">sound the smaller bird, or younger bird, or less aggressive bird, usually backs away. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 265 | Then it made a hissing sound. |
| 12 | 266 | That sound is intended to intimidate. |
| 12 | 267 | It is not uncommon in intraspecific aggression. |
| 12 | 268 | At that sound the smaller bird, or younger bird, or less aggressive bird, usually backs away. |
| 12 | 269 | That response has presumably been selected for. |
| 12 | 270 | Had it not been presumably there would be commonly but one male in a flock. |
| 12 | 271 | The male which retreats one day, of course, may not retreat another day, and then a fight to the death, or to the disabling of the defeated, is likely to take place. |
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Then it made a hissing sound.
That sound is intended to intimidate.
It is not uncommon in intraspecific aggression.
At that sound the smaller bird, or younger bird, or less aggressive bird, usually backs away.
That response has presumably been selected for.
Had it not been presumably there would be commonly but one male in a flock.
The male which retreats one day, of course, may not retreat another day, and then a fight to the death, or to the disabling of the defeated, is likely to take place.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)