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Lives are altered as the salon workers go about their day braiding the hair of customers who range from docile and caring to feisty and acrimonious.

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Last season, almost 90% of the animals caught in NSW's nets were not target species – including 11 critically endangered, and largely docile, grey nurse sharks.

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Scientists had thought chimps were docile vegetarians, but on this day about three months after her arrival, Goodall spied a group of the apes feasting on something pink.

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“And boy, if my memory serves, those droids were there just to serve humanity; so docile, nothing frightening about them.”

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In such gruelling conditions, on such a docile pitch, it is to England's credit they maintained their energy throughout the day.

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