Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 25 | 21 | When disturbed, it shrieks its warning and it is View more quotes about soon">soon joined by a clamoring swarm of its fellows. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 25 | 18 | A lantern which ceased burning would be noted and investigated. |
| 25 | 19 | The most interesting precaution, at least to me, was the provision of nesting sites on the almost vertical slopes for the Uru, which is a small, winged, vartlike mammal. |
| 25 | 20 | This mammal, which usually preys on insects and small urts, like several species of birds, is communally territorial. |
| 25 | 21 | When disturbed, it shrieks its warning and it is soon joined by a clamoring swarm of its fellows. |
| 25 | 22 | In this way, a natural alarm system is obtained. |
| 25 | 23 | Moreover, if a nesting site is closely approached, the Uru is likely to attack the intruder. |
| 25 | 24 | It is a small mammal, but, shrieking and flying at the face of a climber, one precariously clinging to an almost vertical surface, it is, I am told, at least in such a situation, something most unpleasant to encounter. |
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A lantern which ceased burning would be noted and investigated.
The most interesting precaution, at least to me, was the provision of nesting sites on the almost vertical slopes for the Uru, which is a small, winged, vartlike mammal.
This mammal, which usually preys on insects and small urts, like several species of birds, is communally territorial.
When disturbed, it shrieks its warning and it is soon joined by a clamoring swarm of its fellows.
In this way, a natural alarm system is obtained.
Moreover, if a nesting site is closely approached, the Uru is likely to attack the intruder.
It is a small mammal, but, shrieking and flying at the face of a climber, one precariously clinging to an almost vertical surface, it is, I am told, at least in such a situation, something most unpleasant to encounter.
- (Mariners of Gor)