In principle another family member has first shot at the job, but the Wagners snap and snarl at one another with a ferocity that makes the Dallas and Denver clans look blissful.

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In the wood-carving classroom, the heads of a tiger, leopard, boar, owl, snake, deer, dog, ox, rabbit, dragon and a mythical bird called a garuda all snarl down at onlookers.

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Last summer a snarl-up at the passport office made it hard for many people to leave Britain.

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If they perceive you are giving them too much attention (or food, again), other macaques may snarl or hiss at you, sometimes even attacking.

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