. American animal life . ay that a boy throws a sling. The Eskimo areso expert at throwing the nixy and catching the sealwith the hook before he can go down, that they seldomlose their same. The sea-lion and the seal are very different seal has a short neck, while the sea-lions neck islong. His front flippers are simply paddles while hishind flippers are web toes. These fellows are not only more active in the waterthan the seals, but they can climb rocks and high cliffswith the greatest ease. They are the animals we alwayssee in the zoological parks. The largest sea-lions in the wo
. American animal life . ay that a boy throws a sling. The Eskimo areso expert at throwing the nixy and catching the sealwith the hook before he can go down, that they seldomlose their same. The sea-lion and the seal are very different seal has a short neck, while the sea-lions neck islong. His front flippers are simply paddles while hishind flippers are web toes. These fellows are not only more active in the waterthan the seals, but they can climb rocks and high cliffswith the greatest ease. They are the animals we alwayssee in the zoological parks. The largest sea-lions in the world are found in a fewisolated spots. Some oi the male specimens are fromten to eleven leet in length, weighing about fourteenhundred pounds, and are known as Stellers sea-lions. Among themselves, these great fel-lows fight awful battles; but, like all other wild folk, they have learned to fear man. At thesight of a human being they have been known to jump into the water from cliffs sixty feethigh, to escape their SEA-LION MUSK-OX AND WHITE WOLF
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