All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . MOLE (*/2 Natural Size).. ELEPHANT SHREW {4 Natural Size). THE ELEPHANT SHREW. The Elephant Shrew, so calledfor its trunk-like nose, lives in SouthAfrica. It is famous for its speed, forwhen alarmed it hurries to safety withwonderful swiftness. Its burrow isgenerally placed in some shady place,difficult to find. It feeds on insects,and in the day-time, too. THE AGOUTA. The Agouta lives in Hayti, inthe West Indies. It has the headand tail of the opossum. The lengthof the agouta is about eighteeninches, including the tail. This ani-mal, when runnin
All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . MOLE (*/2 Natural Size).. ELEPHANT SHREW {4 Natural Size). THE ELEPHANT SHREW. The Elephant Shrew, so calledfor its trunk-like nose, lives in SouthAfrica. It is famous for its speed, forwhen alarmed it hurries to safety withwonderful swiftness. Its burrow isgenerally placed in some shady place,difficult to find. It feeds on insects,and in the day-time, too. THE AGOUTA. The Agouta lives in Hayti, inthe West Indies. It has the headand tail of the opossum. The lengthof the agouta is about eighteeninches, including the tail. This ani-mal, when running, might be mis-taken for a huge barn-rat. It is oneof the insect-eating family. The agouta is very silent and wary. Should it hear anyone approaching the spot where it is feeding, it willlisten to ascertain from which direction the noise comes, and then sneak qui-etly off the opposite way. Its front claws are long and slightly curled, andare used for digging up roots, etc., and holding its prey.
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