. A civic biology : presented in problems. Biology; Sanitation. 230 TTTE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF ANIMALS "The hookworm is not a bit spectacular: it doesn't get itself dis- cussed in legislative halls or furiously debated in political campaigns. Modest and unassuming, it does not aspire to such dignity. It is satis- fied simply with (1) lowering the working efficiency and the pleasure of living in something like two hundred thousand persons in Georgia and all other Southern states in proportion; with (2) amassing a death rate higher than tuberculosis, pneumonia, or typhoid fever; with (3) s
. A civic biology : presented in problems. Biology; Sanitation. 230 TTTE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF ANIMALS "The hookworm is not a bit spectacular: it doesn't get itself dis- cussed in legislative halls or furiously debated in political campaigns. Modest and unassuming, it does not aspire to such dignity. It is satis- fied simply with (1) lowering the working efficiency and the pleasure of living in something like two hundred thousand persons in Georgia and all other Southern states in proportion; with (2) amassing a death rate higher than tuberculosis, pneumonia, or typhoid fever; with (3) stub- bornly and quite effectually retarding the agricultural and industrial de- velopment of the section; with (4) nullifying the benefit of thousands of dollars spent upon education ; with (5) costing the South, in the course of a few decades, several hundred millions of dollars. More serious and closer at hand than the tariff; more costly, threatening, and tangible than the Negro problem ; making the menace of the boll weevil laughable in comparison - - it is preeminently the problem of the ; - Atlanta Constitution. Animals that prey upon Man. - The toll of death from animals which prey upon or harm man directly is relatively small. Snakes in tropical countries kill many cattle and not a few people. The bite of the rattlesnake of our own country, although dangerous, seldom kills. The dreaded cobra of India has a record of over two hundred and fifty thousand persons killed in the last thirty- five years. The Indian government yearly pays out large sums for the ex- termination of venomous snakes, over two hundred thousand of which have been killed during a single year. Alligators and Croco- diles. - These feed on fishes, but often attack large animals, as horses, cows, and even man. They seek their prey chiefly at night, and spend the day basking in the sun. The crocodiles of the Ganges River in India levy a yearly tribute of many hundred lives from the natives. Carn
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