. Wild neighbors: out-door studies in the United States. Animal behavior. 82 WILD NEIGHBORS CHAP. prey by thus thrashing about in a school of them, and that several of these sharks, combining in their attack, will beat a whale to death; but there is little evidence of the truth of either THE Thresher Shark. As for crocodiles and alligators, although their dreadful jaws are their principal weapon, the blow one of these great saurians can give, when he "swings the scaly horror of his folded tail," is justly to be dreaded by anything it may come into contact with. How servic
. Wild neighbors: out-door studies in the United States. Animal behavior. 82 WILD NEIGHBORS CHAP. prey by thus thrashing about in a school of them, and that several of these sharks, combining in their attack, will beat a whale to death; but there is little evidence of the truth of either THE Thresher Shark. As for crocodiles and alligators, although their dreadful jaws are their principal weapon, the blow one of these great saurians can give, when he "swings the scaly horror of his folded tail," is justly to be dreaded by anything it may come into contact with. How serviceable this member may be to the East African crocodile, for instance, appears from the narrative of Dr. J. W. Gregory, the author of "The Great Rift Valley," who re- lates his experience with them on the Tana River as follows: " The animals are surprised when asleep on the bank, and killed with spears; but the work is rather dangerous, and inexperienced men are fre- quently knocked over by a blow from the reptile's tail, and dragged into the river. ... I was once fishing in the river Ngatana, from a bank about six feet above it, when the chief came and warned me not to sit so near the water, as a crocodile might knock me into it by a blow with his tail. . .. 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 Ingersoll, Ernest, 1852-1946. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd
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