. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 2o8 Handbook of NaHire-Stiidy. THE TURTLE Teacher's Story TURTLE is at heart a misanthrope; its shell is in itself proof of its owner's distrust of this world. But we need not wonder at this misanthropy, if we think for a moment of the creatures that lived on this earth, at the time when turtles first appeared. Almost any of us would have been glad of a shell in whieh to retire, if we had been contemporaries of the smilodon and other monsters of earlier geologic times. When the turtle
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 2o8 Handbook of NaHire-Stiidy. THE TURTLE Teacher's Story TURTLE is at heart a misanthrope; its shell is in itself proof of its owner's distrust of this world. But we need not wonder at this misanthropy, if we think for a moment of the creatures that lived on this earth, at the time when turtles first appeared. Almost any of us would have been glad of a shell in whieh to retire, if we had been contemporaries of the smilodon and other monsters of earlier geologic times. When the turtle feels safe and walks abroad for pleasure, his head pro- jects far from the front end of his shell, and the legs, so wide, and soft that they look as if they had no bones in them, project out at the side, while the little, pointed tail brings up an undignified rear; but frighten him and at once head, legs and tail all disappear, and even if we turn him over, we see nothing but the tip of the nose, the claws of the feet and the tail turned deftly sidewise. When frightened, he hisses threateningly; the noise seems to be made while the mouth is shut, and the breath emitted through the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing Company
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