The child's book of nature for the use of families and schools : intended to aid mothers and teachers in training children in the observation of nature . of the way. INSTRUMENTS OF DEFENCE AND ATTACK. 131 The horns of the koodoo. The sword-fish. Some animals havehorns which they usein attack and defence,and very powerfulweapons they are insome cases. Animalsthat have them oftendefend themselves suc-cessfully against the at-tacks of lions, tigers,etc., that are so power- Iful with their teeth and 3claws. They gore withthem. They can tossup quite a large animalinto the air with this anim
The child's book of nature for the use of families and schools : intended to aid mothers and teachers in training children in the observation of nature . of the way. INSTRUMENTS OF DEFENCE AND ATTACK. 131 The horns of the koodoo. The sword-fish. Some animals havehorns which they usein attack and defence,and very powerfulweapons they are insome cases. Animalsthat have them oftendefend themselves suc-cessfully against the at-tacks of lions, tigers,etc., that are so power- Iful with their teeth and 3claws. They gore withthem. They can tossup quite a large animalinto the air with this animal (calledthe koodoo) they are nearly three feet long. You see that theyhave a beautiful spiral shape; indeed, the whole animal is veryhandsome. It lives in South Africa, in the woods at the sideof rivers. You might suppose that it would be rather diffi-cult to get about among the trees and bushes with such longhorns; but the koodoo manages to do this very well bythrowing his head back and letting his horns rest on his shoul-ders. Here is a drawing of a sword-fish. Its sword is made of bone,and it is so very strong that it has been known to be run. 132 INSTRUMENTS OF DEFENCE AND ATTACK. The saw-fish. The porcupine. 77
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