1278. Nenets boys play at lassoing each other—a game that may help them hone the skill for herding reindeer strays a few years hence.
　　
　　(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Nenets: Surviving on the Siberian Tundra," March 1998, National Geographic magazine)

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　1277. "Leakey is an infant, but old enough to amble through the canopy on his own. Here he shows off his climbing skills to photographer Nick Nichols. Eager for attention, Leakey likes to greet human observers by shaking tree branches. The little chimp was named for Louis Leakey, the legendary paleontologist who sent Jane Goodall to the forests of Gombe, Tanzania, to study chimpanzees."
　　—From "Jane: In the Forest Again," April 2003, National Geographic magazine online edition
　　

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