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  • You've tackled the two dominant, predatory species getting together have you ever thought about doing a non-predatory and a predatory changeling couple?

    Q & A Nalini Singh 2009

  • And yes, if the cats or wolves meet a strong individual of a non-predatory species, who earns their respect, that respect will be given.

    Q & A Nalini Singh 2009

  • These days, non-predatory humans are competing for large amounts of money by participating in the "sport" of speed eating.

    Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Are Competitive Speed Eaters Like Pythons? PhD Judith J. Wurtman 2011

  • Women are desired, spurned, unattainable, throttled; they are never fully-rounded beings who can coexist neutrally with non-predatory men.

    Grinderman Kitty Empire 2010

  • You've tackled the two dominant, predatory species getting together have you ever thought about doing a non-predatory and a predatory changeling couple?

    Q & A Nalini Singh 2009

  • But we'll also have to make sure credit -- the non-predatory kind -- remains accessible for everyone.

    Bryce Covert: The Double-edged Sword of Credit Cards for Women and Minorities Bryce Covert 2011

  • A responsible college policy, Bernal says, might well allow certain types of "non-predatory" gambling, such as low-stakes card games among friends, which might not come with the same addiction risks as, say, slot machines.

    Charity adressing campus gambling seems risky to some 2011

  • Morphological similarities placing D. valgum in the same subgenus with non-predatory dung-feeding species suggest a major and potentially rapid behavioural shift from coprophagy to predation.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • It is the step-by-step process that directs the economy toward non-predatory purposes and goals.

    wmtc in the g&m again 2009

  • I think these things need to be broken down as predatory and non-predatory situations.

    CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2009 2009

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