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The latest scientific studies of animals in their natural surroundings "have destroyed the extremely widespread idea of the alleged freedom of wild animals," Jean-Claude Soum reports in the October 17 Le Monde. It has been ~ recently discovered that the "notion of territory, . . is very important in the animal world," It is so important, in fact, that even eagles never: leave a definite valley, while the far-ranging wolf stays within a radius of twenty-eight miles.
With the advance of scientific technique, it is fascinating to discover how much humans, with their notions of national boundaries and forbidden lands, resemble the rest of the animal kingdom.
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