. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE BORNE AN BRUANG. 325 dog, and a small Lory, or Blue-mountain bird, and amicably feed with them from the same dish. One of these Bears that was successfully domesticated was able to eat animal as well as vegetable food, but was fed exclusively on bread and milk, of which it consumed rather more than ten pounds per diem. It is possessed of much flexibility of body, and is very fond of sitting on its hind legs, thrusting out its long tongue to an extraordinary distance, and ever and ano
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE BORNE AN BRUANG. 325 dog, and a small Lory, or Blue-mountain bird, and amicably feed with them from the same dish. One of these Bears that was successfully domesticated was able to eat animal as well as vegetable food, but was fed exclusively on bread and milk, of which it consumed rather more than ten pounds per diem. It is possessed of much flexibility of body, and is very fond of sitting on its hind legs, thrusting out its long tongue to an extraordinary distance, and ever and anon withdrawing it into the mouth with a peculiar snapping sound. While thus engaged, it makes the most grotesque and singular gestures with the fore-limbs, and rolls its body from side to side with unceasing assiduity. It seldom remains in one position for any length of • : ^. BRUANG, OR MALAYAN MJNBEAR,—Hdarctos maiayanus. time, and, although its movements are not characterized by much energy or rapidity, it is evi- dently possessed of much power over its limbs, and if it were disposed to enter into strife woidd probably use its long talons to good purpose. Resembling the Malayan Bruang in general habits and disposition, the Boenean Brtt- ajto, or Sux-Beae, is acknowledged to belong to a differenl species from the animal which has just been described. The color of its fur is nearly as Mack as that of the Bruang ; but the patch upon its breast is of an orange hue, instead of the grayish white which is so conspicuous in the Malayan 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888; Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer; Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history
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