Children's own library . 6C P H 6OPh H w woods natural history 109 They are placed on the foot in such a manner thatwhen the animal is walking its weight rests on the out-side of the fore-feet and the outer edge of the claws,which make a great clattering if the Ant-eater is walk-ing upon a hard surface. When it sleeps, it lies on one side, rolls itself up,so that its snout rests on its breast, places all its feet. THE I)i:(K-KILI. together, and covers itself with its bushy tail. The furof the animal at all times resembles hay, and when it isthus curled up in sleep, it is so exactly like a bund
Children's own library . 6C P H 6OPh H w woods natural history 109 They are placed on the foot in such a manner thatwhen the animal is walking its weight rests on the out-side of the fore-feet and the outer edge of the claws,which make a great clattering if the Ant-eater is walk-ing upon a hard surface. When it sleeps, it lies on one side, rolls itself up,so that its snout rests on its breast, places all its feet. THE I)i:(K-KILI. together, and covers itself with its bushy tail. The furof the animal at all times resembles hay, and when it isthus curled up in sleep, it is so exactly like a bundle ofhay, that any one might pass it carelessly, imagining itto be nothing but a loose heap of that substance. Itsordinary length is about three feet seven inches, andits height about three feet. The Duck-billed Platypus. Australia, where every-thing seems to be reversed, where the north wind iswarm and the south wind cold, the thick end of a pear 110 WOODS NATUiiAL HISTORY is next the stem, and the stone of a cherry grows out-side, is the residence of this most extraordinary it was first introduced into Europe, it was fullybelieved to be the manufacture of some impostor, whowith much ingenuity had fixed the beak of a duck intothe head of some unknown animal. It will, however,be seen by the skull of the animal that this duck-likebeak really belongs to the animal, and is caused by aprolongation
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