. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 296 Animal Life receiving serious injuries to the tail and limbs. A true pair when kept together are company one to the other, and although disagreements are sure to arise there is no serious result. The male and female are very fond of gambolling together, rushing at each other and rolling over one another, evidently having the keenest enjoyment in their antics; this is not only noticeable when they are kept captive, but they may be observed occasionally when wild sporting together on the banks of the streams they frequent.
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 296 Animal Life receiving serious injuries to the tail and limbs. A true pair when kept together are company one to the other, and although disagreements are sure to arise there is no serious result. The male and female are very fond of gambolling together, rushing at each other and rolling over one another, evidently having the keenest enjoyment in their antics; this is not only noticeable when they are kept captive, but they may be observed occasionally when wild sporting together on the banks of the streams they frequent. As a peculiar incident of animal-play, that of the American Otter (Lutra canadensis) may be noticed. This species, it appears from well-recorded and authentic observations, takes a delight in " tobogganning," or perhaps more correctly, "; In winter the animal selects a high ridge of snow with a long slope, to the top of. Photo by Herbert Lazenby, York. OTTER FEEDING. which it scrambles, gives itself a "send-off" with its hind-limbs, and slides down the declivity; one pair were observed to make twenty-two slides before they ceased their fun. On land the otter runs with a peculiar "loping" gallop, but on ice the American species, if pursued, makes 'a short scrambling run and then takes a slide as far as its impetus will carry it, repeating the process again and again. In water, however, the otter is quite another creature, and glides with beautiful movements almost surpassing those of the seal, moving to and fro more like a shadow than a living animal; its course, more often than not, only being traced by the track of air-bubbles rising to the surface of the stream, rather than by any actual sight of the otter itself. The best plan for those who do not live in districts where otters are to be found will be to apply to keepers of preserved fisheries, as these have a more direct interest. Please note that these images are extracted f
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