Children's own library . Hippopotamus are the mainstay ofthe dentist, who cuts from the tusk of a Hippopotamusthose series of elegant teeth which replace those thatage or accident has struck out of the human ivory is exceedingly hard, and does not readily loseits beautiful whiteness, being properties which renderit especially valuable for such purposes. This is supposed by many to be the animal calledBehemoth in Scripture. The Sloths teeth are small and of peculiar long and powerful arms are furnished with strongcurved claws, which hook round the branches and keepthe an
Children's own library . Hippopotamus are the mainstay ofthe dentist, who cuts from the tusk of a Hippopotamusthose series of elegant teeth which replace those thatage or accident has struck out of the human ivory is exceedingly hard, and does not readily loseits beautiful whiteness, being properties which renderit especially valuable for such purposes. This is supposed by many to be the animal calledBehemoth in Scripture. The Sloths teeth are small and of peculiar long and powerful arms are furnished with strongcurved claws, which hook round the branches and keepthe animal suspended without any effort. When onthe ground these claws are very inconvenient, and itcan barely shuffle along ; but when it is among itsnative branches it moves with exceeding rabidity,particularly in a gale of wind, when it passes frombranch to branch, and from tree to tree, with an ac-tivity which its movements on the ground by no meansportend. The Manidae or Pangolins are immediately known by r jiLSji i . rH. 32 o H oW H ft WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY 105 the peculiar strong, horny plates with which their bodiesare defended, giving them the appearance of animalsenveloped in a suit of scale armor. When attackedthey roll themselves up, wrap their tails round them,
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