. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. 206 THE BEASTS OF PREY. thick leaf-covered boughs; but in localities where he is entirely undisturbed, he has no particular time ot day for hunting but promenades through his vast domain by day as well as by night. Some Notable He is a cheerful, handsome fellow Traits of the and amusing because of his great Raccoon. activity and liveliness. When he saunters along undisturbed, he lets his head sink, arches his back, permits his tail to droop, and sl
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. 206 THE BEASTS OF PREY. thick leaf-covered boughs; but in localities where he is entirely undisturbed, he has no particular time ot day for hunting but promenades through his vast domain by day as well as by night. Some Notable He is a cheerful, handsome fellow Traits of the and amusing because of his great Raccoon. activity and liveliness. When he saunters along undisturbed, he lets his head sink, arches his back, permits his tail to droop, and slinks on his way rather slowly and with a sidelong move- ment ; but as soon as he has made a discovery worthy of arousing his interest, as for instance when he finds the trail of a harmless animal, or perceives the animal itself, his demeanor changes entirely. Then the rough fur becomes smooth, he pricks up his wide ears to listen, stands erect on his hind legs, and follows at an agile pace, jumping and running, and he climbs with an agility for which one would scarcely have given him credit, not only on slanting and perpendicular trunks, but also on horizontal branches, with his body upward or downward. Fre- quently one sees him running on a horizontal branch, like a Sloth or a Monkey, his body hanging down- ward. He often leaps from one branch to another with unfailing certainty, and displays a mastery far above ordinary skill in the art of climbing. On level ground he is also thoroughly at home and knows how to proceed at a great pace by executing jumps in which he alights upon all four paws at once. lli> mental qualities are somewhat Monkey-like. He is cheerful, lively, inquisitive, mischievous and prone to play merry tricks, but is also courageous, and, when necessity demands it, cunning as a Fox in catching his prey. He lives on excellent terms with his own kind and even in old age he plays for hours with like-minded companions, or in captivity with any animal that is m
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