. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. 396 THE TOOTHLESS liquely downward from the surface to the depth of from two to four yards, and terminate in a large, roomy chamber. In this retreat they live in couples, and are found from January to March with one or two young. When they are in their hole they are wont to stop up the entrance with earth in a way which would render it quite difficult to discover their lair if their queer tracks outside did not be- tray them. Burt says th
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. 396 THE TOOTHLESS liquely downward from the surface to the depth of from two to four yards, and terminate in a large, roomy chamber. In this retreat they live in couples, and are found from January to March with one or two young. When they are in their hole they are wont to stop up the entrance with earth in a way which would render it quite difficult to discover their lair if their queer tracks outside did not be- tray them. Burt says that the Pangolin feeds ex- clusively on Ants and like insects and destroys a great many of them, but that it can also endure hunger for two months; that it roams about at night, and is very restless in captivity; that it is quite quick in its movements, and when attacked, quietly suffers itself to be taken up by the tail without the least attempt at defending itself against an enemy, etc. The Chinese manufacture a defensive armor out of its skin. in its habits like that animal, it emerges only after dusk, and as it is neither agile nor fleet, it cannot defend itself against enemies. Ants, Termites, Lo- custs, Beetles and perhaps also worms constitute its 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 Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Pechuel-Loesche, Edward, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard. Chicago : Marquis
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