I saw what looked like another fallen tr... by Louis Leakey

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I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!

- Louis Leakey

Other quotes by Louis Leakey

Age Time First

The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose.

- Louis Leakey

England Years Time Life

When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago.

- Louis Leakey

Although we followed that hyena for the best part of half an hour, we never caught up with it.

- Louis Leakey

Years Now

The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years.

- Louis Leakey

Example Man

Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.

- Louis Leakey

Animals Care

Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.

- Louis Leakey

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