In the most thrilling of these sequences, the camera captures the ripple of flesh and the flaring red nostril of a horse in motion.

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Gong Bao chicken is beautiful to look at: a glorious medley of chicken flesh, golden peanuts and bright red chiles.

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The great red hills stand desolate and the earth has torn away like flesh.

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Beneath the waters swam the dreaded red-bellied piranha, the pack-hunting fish whose jagged teeth can strip the flesh from an animal in minutes.

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