Smiling broadly, Brother Jobe raised his whip and sort of dusted both horses over the hindquarters.

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Then, to prove the point, one of the sea lions raises herself on her hindquarters, approaches Mr Walker and plants a firm kiss on his lips.

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In the late Jurassic period, this fleet-footed plant eater, known as Dryosaurus altus, needed those powerful hindquarters to scurry away from its many predators.

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