Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 25 | 147 | To such animals scent not only detects prey, but can be informative as to its distance, movements, numbers, and sex. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 25 | 144 | "The sleen to fear is the one of whose presence you are unaware". |
| 25 | 145 | The sleen, as most predators, whether panthers, larls, or such, will stalk in such a manner as to approach the prey from downwind, from the direction toward which the wind is blowing. |
| 25 | 146 | In this manner the scent of the prey is borne to them, and their own scent is carried backward, away from the prey. |
| 25 | 147 | To such animals scent not only detects prey, but can be informative as to its distance, movements, numbers, and sex. |
| 25 | 148 | Some predators, interestingly, will favor male prey over female prey, particularly in times of estrus. |
| 25 | 149 | The favoring of male prey, it is conjectured, tends statistically, over time, to increase the number of prey animals. |
| 25 | 150 | To be sure, risks are involved, as the male animal is usually wary, alert, aggressive, large, and armed, so to speak, wickedly horned, sharply hoofed, and such. |
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"The sleen to fear is the one of whose presence you are unaware".
The sleen, as most predators, whether panthers, larls, or such, will stalk in such a manner as to approach the prey from downwind, from the direction toward which the wind is blowing.
In this manner the scent of the prey is borne to them, and their own scent is carried backward, away from the prey.
To such animals scent not only detects prey, but can be informative as to its distance, movements, numbers, and sex.
Some predators, interestingly, will favor male prey over female prey, particularly in times of estrus.
The favoring of male prey, it is conjectured, tends statistically, over time, to increase the number of prey animals.
To be sure, risks are involved, as the male animal is usually wary, alert, aggressive, large, and armed, so to speak, wickedly horned, sharply hoofed, and such.
- (Swordsmen of Gor, Chapter 25)