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O Guarani 14.42 · 14.42

Strangled, spine snapped

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O animal mostrava ter sido estrangulado por uma torção tão violenta, que lhe partira a coluna vertebral; entretanto ainda agonizava.

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The animal showed it had been strangled by a wrench so violent that it had snapped its spine; yet it was still in its death-throes.

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