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This impala should run out and buy a whole stack of lottery tickets before his luck changes.

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And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')

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I read that it was et.
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According to the Daily Mail, it was close.
Even more extraordinarily, this story has a happy ending - after one tense moment when it looked as though one cheetah would bite the impala on the neck, the youngster ran away.
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And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')

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Remarkable. It probably got et later.
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If that was an impala from the '70's or '80's with big giant rust stains, that would be my Dad's work car.
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dwest wrote:I read that it was et.
As in "ET Phone home"? Wow, I always pictured them differently.
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Well, the cheetah certainly got a little taste of it in that second shot.

How did this come about? Is there a link to a story?
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Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
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Thank you, Denny. I enjoyed reading that. :)

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Lambchop wrote:Thank you, Denny. I enjoyed reading that. :)

If there is any forthcoming news revealing a less-than-happy outcome, let's not tell me.
You prey animals always stick up for each other!
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')

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:D
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Let's just say we have a mutual understanding . . . :wink:
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Herd animals. Pshaw!
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')

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s1m0n wrote:This impala should run out and buy a whole stack of lottery tickets before his luck changes.

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s1m0n wrote:Herd animals. Pshaw!
They all's got their eyes in the sides of their heads. The firm Biosphotos who manages the Denis-Huot's images, say the ending wasn't so happy.
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