Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 269 | That response has View more quotes about presumably">presumably been selected for. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 12 | 272 | Eventually the younger bird will grow stronger and fiercer and the older bird weaker and less fierce, and, sooner or later, a new Ubar, over the body of its torn, quivering foe, will scream its conquest, and its claiming of the flock. |
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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.
Eventually the younger bird will grow stronger and fiercer and the older bird weaker and less fierce, and, sooner or later, a new Ubar, over the body of its torn, quivering foe, will scream its conquest, and its claiming of the flock.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)