I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a human/animal/plant cell
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the structure of plant cells
animal experiments (= experiments using animals )
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I think most animal experiments are cruel and unnecessary.
animal husbandry
animal instinct
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It's animal instinct to attack the leader of the herd when his strength begins to fail.
animal lovers
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animal lovers
animal rights activists/campaigners/groups etc
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Bill has been involved in the animal rights movement for years.
animal rights
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Animal rights campaigners say the dogs are being bred in terrible conditions.
animal rights
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Bill has been involved in the animal rights movement for years.
bird/animal/plant species
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You can see many different bird species on the canal.
farm animals
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It is used mainly for feeding farm animals.
human/animal anatomy
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Knowledge of human anatomy is essential to figure drawing.
human/animal behaviour
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the scientific study of human behaviour
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detailed observations of animal behaviour
human/animal bones
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They dug up a lot of human bones from under the castle.
pack animal
party animal
plant/animal ecology (= the animals, plants etc that live in a particular place )
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a new book about the plant ecology of this fascinating area
political/gay/animal rights etc activist
stuffed animal
the higher animals/mammals/organisms etc (= animals etc that are more intelligent or advanced than others )
wild animals
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wild animals
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
domestic
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The founding of these organisations gave real impetus to a movement directed towards improving the lot of domestic animals .
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Although the afflicted creatures do not behave aggressively, Fosco said, they still pose a threat to domestic animals .
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Diseases similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy have recently been reported in several species of domestic and zoo animals .
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Familiarity alone prevents our seeing how universally and largely the minds of our domestic animals have been modified by domestication.
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The economy was mixed with remains of wheat, grinding stones and iron sickles indicating agriculture alongside the remains of domestic animals .
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Such rules serve to distinguish further basic social categories: friends from enemies, domestic animals from wild beasts, and so on.
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The lack of fish remains and the presence of bones of domestic animals suggests that food supply was no problem.
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The trouble is that Barbary apes are not domestic animals .
large
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Cleo staggered back from the loving assault being bestowed upon her by the two larger animals .
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And then I see a large brown animal .
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There was a noise in the room, like the breathing of some large animal .
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The basic food of herbivores is plants, so even the largest carnivorous animals are indirectly dependent on plants.
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Generally the larger the animal , the greater the concern with its ill-treatment.
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When there is a severe food shortage, the first to suffer are the larger animals .
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Drove roads have wide verges originally to accommodate large numbers of animals on the move.
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The method adopted by larger animals to speed up the distribution of essential materials is to force carrier-fluid through transport systems.
small
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Larger animals require more food than smaller animals, but smaller animals have a higher metabolic rate.
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That brush is a shelter for small animals and birds as well as a critical repository of seeds from native plants.
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In all of these places you will find a wide variety of interesting small animals .
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At first it was too dark to make out the small animal , but eventually I made out two white-throated sparrows.
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Put these in a shallow dish and look for small animals on the stems and on the underside of leaves.
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In early days the packs had concentrated on the caribou, but the semi-domestic, smaller animals were easier prey.
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The quarters of a small animal were wrapped in a leather sack and tied to a tree's branch.
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It sounded like small animals running up and down.
wild
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal .
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The cypress was sacred to her; and all wild animals , but especially the deer.
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The philosophy of animal rights calls for an end to the capture and training of wild animals, for purposes of entertainment.
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The Cro-Magnon cave paintings demonstrate that wild animals also can be part of the family.
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Once I used a gun to shoot a wild animal .
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So what accounts for the enduring appeal of wild animal patterns?
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To be tom apart by wild animals .
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Many of the stringed instruments imitate the sounds of horses; wind instruments imitate the sounds of birds and other wild animals .
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farm
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Under increasing public pressure, farmers are taking a greater interest in free-range systems which give a fairer deal to farm animals .
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The farm animals begin to stir, the roosters consider crowing.
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The next shelf we stopped on was filled with farm animals .
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If you use straw as bedding for farm animals , generally speaking you improve the welfare of those animals.
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Read in studio Farm animals have been killed and thousands of bales of hay destroyed in a barn fire.
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Look out for our forthcoming profile of Sir Richard Body, and articles on farm animal welfare.
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There have also been cases where children have experienced food poisoning after touching farm animals .
kingdom
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The animal kingdom does not display a linear pattern of species linking the lowest forms to humankind.
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Such a crude lie can surely be perceived by that genius of the animal kingdom , humans.
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It is possible that the entire animal kingdom is the inevitable by-product of the process.
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With man effort not often matched in the animal kingdom , he overcame that considerable obstacle.
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They are the tanks of the animal kingdom , and they come in many forms.
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This we shall see to be as true of man as of any of his relatives in the animal kingdom .
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The animal kingdom gets its fair share of attention as children learn how to care for pets.
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The circles were full up, and therefore man was not a part of the animal kingdom at all.
life
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The animal life is also very rich.
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Strictly speaking, of course, there are no ends in animal life for a Darwinian.
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He recognizes his kinship and identity with all men and with all forms of animal life .
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To many biologists, it provides the key to explaining the complexities of animal life .
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He pedalled along the canal bank quite slowly, keeping his eyes skinned for signs of defunct animal life .
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Without oxygen animal life on earth would not be possible.
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The growth of the human embryo recapitulated the history of animal life as revealed by the fossil record.
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But co-operation and self-sacrifice also exist, even at quite basic levels of conscious animal life .
welfare
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Why is the Minister so inconsistent in his approach to animal welfare ?
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Each year animal welfare groups document instances of cruelty, but prosecutions have been rare.
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Look out for our forthcoming profile of Sir Richard Body, and articles on farm animal welfare .
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Brigitte, 58, who devotes her life to animal welfare , said she felt 17 again.
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That change would be in the best interests of the meat industry, the consumer and animal welfare .
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Material also available on animal welfare , patterns of food consumption and grassland utilisation.
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Worries about pollution levels from intensive indoor units and growing concern about animal welfare are also motivating factors.
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There will also be an increase in humanitarian concerns about animal welfare .
world
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His response is to abandon the troubled human mind, and delve into the animal world instead.
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It is not true that the will to power alone characterises the animal world .
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Our whole vocation is to transcend the baser instincts of the animal world and be stewards and not spoilers of creation.
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There is always a lot going on the animal world and not always enough room to print it.
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It is the most potent poison known to us from the entire animal world .
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Equally vulnerable to human weapons are the armoured giants of the animal world , the rhinos and the elephants.
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And it invites the conclusion that rhodopsin-like compounds are a particularly favoured way of going about light detection in the animal world .
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The classic form of induced altruism in the animal world is, of course, the bird raising the cuckoo's egg.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dumb animals/creatures
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We would become like dumb animals, oxen, or go crazy, and probably both.
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Would that as many animal lovers were as quick to speak and defend dumb animals instead of staying silent as so many do.
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You don't have to look far to see these dumb creatures crawling across the branches of many organizations today.
the animal/plant/mineral kingdom
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It ignores the obvious discriminations which we make between similar treatment of different species within the animal kingdom .
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Its object was to show the comparative structure and functions of organs throughout the animal kingdom .
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Molluscs Molluscs belong to the largest phylum in the animal kingdom and are a very varied group of animals.
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The circles were full up, and therefore man was not a part of the animal kingdom at all.
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They are the tanks of the animal kingdom , and they come in many forms.
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This we shall see to be as true of man as of any of his relatives in the animal kingdom .
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Upon the balance between them depends the enormous variety of societies seen in the animal kingdom .
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With man effort not often matched in the animal kingdom , he overcame that considerable obstacle.
the natural/animal/plant world
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He can live in and accept the natural world , yet his soul lofts upward.
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However we have seen that quantum theory places considerable restraint on a plain man's objectivist view of the natural world .
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In that casual gesture she trampled upon an awesome human achievement and upon great sacrifices contributed by the natural world .
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It is not true that the will to power alone characterises the animal world .
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Similarly, these continuing contests in the natural world were leading to areas which were specialised in their functions.
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The focus today is not the predicted disappearance of order but the abundance of it throughout the natural world .
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We must learn to accept it as a law of the natural world .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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farm animals
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Get away from me, you animal !
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Glycogen is found in a variety of animal tissues, particularly the liver.
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wild animals in the jungle
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Animals contract the infection by eating feed that has been supplemented by the tissues of other infected animals.
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Apparently the animal can go all winter without food, but it periodically needs real sleep.
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Data on experimental animals show that it may be the long term consequence of glomerular haemodynamic abnormalities induced by long term hyperglycaemia.
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Go round the animals rather than walking through a group of them.
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My gut felt like I had reached my hand into a dying animal .
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The animals are, and he's got his comeuppance.
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We are merely animals, creatures that are brought kicking and screaming into this world and then die.
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We saw it as an opportunity to harvest an animal and help out Fish and Game.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
life
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In the end, plant and animal life is choked to death.
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They show not the slightest sign of that one essential attribute we think animal life should have: movement.
shelter
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While he continued to paint, James had taken a low-paying job at an animal shelter .
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Fifteen years ago you never saw a Rottweiler in an animal shelter .
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Contributions of money will help the league build an animal shelter .
species
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They suggested that human cultures might have evolved in a manner analogous to plant and animal species .
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This 11-acre sanctuary is home to more than 100 animal species and hundreds of species of plants.
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Some aquatic plants and animal species have become extinct.
welfare
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The study aims to determine what effect recent developments in technology and slaughterhouse design have had on animal welfare standards.
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Many animal welfare groups oppose padded steel-jawed traps.
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It is the money-making of animal rights organisations which science threatens, not animal welfare .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the animal/plant/mineral kingdom
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It ignores the obvious discriminations which we make between similar treatment of different species within the animal kingdom .
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Its object was to show the comparative structure and functions of organs throughout the animal kingdom .
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Molluscs Molluscs belong to the largest phylum in the animal kingdom and are a very varied group of animals.
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The circles were full up, and therefore man was not a part of the animal kingdom at all.
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They are the tanks of the animal kingdom , and they come in many forms.
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This we shall see to be as true of man as of any of his relatives in the animal kingdom .
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Upon the balance between them depends the enormous variety of societies seen in the animal kingdom .
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With man effort not often matched in the animal kingdom , he overcame that considerable obstacle.
the natural/animal/plant world
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He can live in and accept the natural world , yet his soul lofts upward.
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However we have seen that quantum theory places considerable restraint on a plain man's objectivist view of the natural world .
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In that casual gesture she trampled upon an awesome human achievement and upon great sacrifices contributed by the natural world .
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It is not true that the will to power alone characterises the animal world .
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Similarly, these continuing contests in the natural world were leading to areas which were specialised in their functions.
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The focus today is not the predicted disappearance of order but the abundance of it throughout the natural world .
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We must learn to accept it as a law of the natural world .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And, accordingly, the two retrievers trained by De Cagny for the film came from an animal rescue program.
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Both cut to pieces anything animal in their path, and both have acquired a mystique of terror in their own land.
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George Mendonca, a topiary gardener and real-life Edward Scissorhands who clips animal forms from plants.
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In the end, plant and animal life is choked to death.
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Road protesters, animal liberationists, that sort of thing.
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She also was a benefactor to other health support groups and animal charities.
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There are constant reminders that we, too, are animal beings and part of nature, not mere observers.
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We have also prepared many animal carcasses or parts of them as study specimens.