Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . is a great burro we r, and prefers to hidehimself in the earth if he has time. The echidna is a marsupial animal, andalthough destitute of a true pouch, carriesthe black-haired babies in cavities whichanswer the purpose of a pouch till theyare one-third grown. It has claws strongenough to break into the solid habitationsof the white ants. The largest animal known to assumethe ball shape for safety is the black bearof the Himalayas, called also the Thibetansun-bear (U. Tibetanus), and about thesize and color of our Americ
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . is a great burro we r, and prefers to hidehimself in the earth if he has time. The echidna is a marsupial animal, andalthough destitute of a true pouch, carriesthe black-haired babies in cavities whichanswer the purpose of a pouch till theyare one-third grown. It has claws strongenough to break into the solid habitationsof the white ants. The largest animal known to assumethe ball shape for safety is the black bearof the Himalayas, called also the Thibetansun-bear (U. Tibetanus), and about thesize and color of our American black pursued by hunters in his mount-ain home he will draw himself into a hugeball of fur and deliberately roll down thesteep hill-sides, bounding off the ledges,and, of course, reaching the valley muchmore quickly than any hunter, Avho cannot follow his convenient short-cut. Atthe bottom he simpl^^ unrolls, shakes him-self, and walks away at his leisure. An example of insect balls is furnishedhy the fire-ant of South America. Dur- LIVING BALLS. 417. ing the floodswhich period-ically drivethem from Fijr. 1.—Sliowinj; Duck-bill in the form of ;, with feet and billinfolded.
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