Identifier: allaboutanimalsf00newy (find matches)
Title: All about animals. Facts, stories and anecdotes
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Animals
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bros
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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creamfrom the fowl-house, and investigation shows the nest-eggs sucked and thesetter dragged off to the woods. In the Southern States the possum hunt is considered fine sport by thecolored folk. Dogs chase the opossum, which, by the way, is not a swift ani-mal, and force it to take to a tree. Then one of the party climbs while theopossum goes to the topmost branch in its endeavor to escape its enemies.At last it loosens its hold and is shaken from the tree to the ground, where itis quickly killed. The little opossums when first born are very delicate indeed. For manydays they are both blind and deaf, but as they grow stronger thev are carriedaround on the mothers back, holding on with their little tails tightly coiledaround her tail, and thus they are taken through the trees and taught to hunt.The mother opossum watches over her young very tenderly, and will resort tomany clever tricks when pressed by danger. The nest of the opossum is usu-ally built in a hollow tree-stump. THE SEALS.
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Now we come to the Seal. This animal breathes air, and yet lives in thewater. The structure of the skeleton of a seal is something between a mam-mal and a whale. Its body is long and tapers to the end. It has fourimperfectly formed feet called flippers, with which it swims. Seals arefound in almost every part of the world, but mostly in the Arctic regions.Seals have a very fine fur, which is much sought after in the market to makejackets. As a matter of fact, the fur is double, and when the seal swims it ispressed close against its skin, the two coats thus keeping the water away. Tomake the fur waterproof an oily substance is secreted in the body, which coversthe roots of the fur. The seal has a thick layer of fat which protects it fromthe cold when swimming in the Arctic seas. Its brain is large, which accountsfor it being a very intelligent creature. It is docile and affectionate, and canbe taught to do numberless tricks. It is in the water that the seal is most athome. It swims alm

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