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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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ly dives under the water, andon coming up to breathe it only allows the tip of its nose to stick out. Thebrain of this mighty animal is no larger than a mans hand. The hippo is ill-tempered and quarrelsome. It will attack boats without reason, rushing atthem with open jaws and smashing the frail wood-work in pieces. Should thehippo be surprised asleep upon a bank, it will run headlong for the water.They have been seen to jump down a bank sixteen feet high, and one canimagine what a splash there was. It seems that there is never any war between me crocodile and thehippo, as the latters skin is too tough for the reptiles teeth. Often a croco-dile, or even a lion or a leopard, will carry off a baby hippo, but not withoutgreat danger, for the mother fights fiercely for her young. The Arabs have m2,ny ways for catching the hippo, but the best known iswith the harpoon. Two swimmers go out toward the hippo and throw theirharpoons, which are attached to a rope. The hippo dives at once and the
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  • bookpublisher:New_York__McLoughlin_bros
  • bookcontributor:Information_and_Library_Science_Library__University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
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