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CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS
It must not be supposed that all captive felines1 are amenable2 to education. The personal equation enters in very largely. What will do for the lion may do for the tiger, the leopard3, the puma4, or the jaguar5; but what will do for one lion may not do for another, nor can all tigers or leopards6 be trained alike. Many, in assuming that the lion is brave and the tiger treacherous7, and in ascribing set qualities to the others, are generalizing without basis.
The lion is feared for his clumsiness as much as anything, because it makes him likely to do serious damage unwittingly; the jaguar and leopard for their terrible swiftness in action; and the tiger for a tenacity8 of purpose which, when once aroused, is almost unconquerable.77 But it cannot be said in general that one is more to be feared than another. It is the individual that must be reckoned with by the successful trainer.
One animal may be of a heavy, phlegmatic9 disposition10; another may be slow and stupid; a third subject to fits of unreasonable11 and ungovernable rage; another curious and inquisitive12, making him incessantly
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jaguar
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temperament
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rehearsal
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rodents
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agility
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livelihood
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faculties
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| n.能力( faculty的名词复数 );全体教职员;技巧;院 | |
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dreaded
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denizens
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quail
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growling
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defiance
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flick
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biding
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haughty
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majestic
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motives
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