. Animal activities : a first book in zoölogy. Zoology; Animal behavior. MATERIAL FOR STUDY, observe. Provide flies and other small insects for food, and watch the web-making, the feeding, and other activities. Further questions and suggestions will be found in Chapter IX. Earthworms. Fill one or two large battery-jars with moist earth and decaying leaves and put in each jar several earthworms. Cover the jars and keep the earth well moistened. Keep all winter. Watch in connec- tion with directions in Chap- ter XIV. Turtles and Snakes. Line the bottom of a large box with sheet-lead or zinc and
. Animal activities : a first book in zoölogy. Zoology; Animal behavior. MATERIAL FOR STUDY, observe. Provide flies and other small insects for food, and watch the web-making, the feeding, and other activities. Further questions and suggestions will be found in Chapter IX. Earthworms. Fill one or two large battery-jars with moist earth and decaying leaves and put in each jar several earthworms. Cover the jars and keep the earth well moistened. Keep all winter. Watch in connec- tion with directions in Chap- ter XIV. Turtles and Snakes. Line the bottom of a large box with sheet-lead or zinc and place panes of glass in the sides for windows. Put earth, stones, and moss, and, if convenient, a few growing ferns in the box. This makes a good home for turtles and snakes. Snakes caught late in the fall will probably not eat anything through the winter, and they can be set at liberty in the spring. Turtles seldom eat in the winter, but will take flies, bits of meat, or pieces of cracker soaked in milk when hungry. " The Vivarium ", an illustrated book by G. C. Bateman, will be of great assistance to pupils who are willing to care for these animals. Frogs. In a box like that described in the preceding paragraph keep several frogs. In the winter frogs do not commonly take food. Live frogs can usually be bought in the markets. Slugs. These animals are easily kept if provided with moisture and food. They eat bread or cracker as well as many kinds of Fig. 4.—Spider and 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 French, Nathaniel S. (Nathaniel Stowers), 1854-. New York ; London : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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