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| 34 | 64 | View more quotes about first">First, there was sufficient food at the complex, and Kurii usually do not carry excess food and water in their body except when anticipating periods of scarcity. |
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| 34 | 61 | It was now a matter of time. |
| 34 | 62 | My major fear had been that the beast would have swallowed the meat into its storage stomach, in which it would not be digested until, at the beast's will, it was disgorged into the true stomach, or chemical stomach. |
| 34 | 63 | I did not think, however, he had swallowed the meat into the storage stomach. |
| 34 | 64 | First, there was sufficient food at the complex, and Kurii usually do not carry excess food and water in their body except when anticipating periods of scarcity. |
| 34 | 65 | The additional food, of course, is a weight burden and impairs performance. |
| 34 | 66 | Secondly, the beast seemed sleepy and content, which suggested to me that it had fed, and pleasantly, to its satisfaction. |
| 34 | 67 | The metabolism of the Kur, however, does tend to be more under its control than it is with many organisms. |