Zoological Society bulletin . INDIAN ELEPHANT GUNDA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 897. of the pool was raised three feet, to economizewater. The pool is now easier to empty and toclean, and the change in no way detracts fromthe swimming possibilities. The present inhabi-tants are exceedingly active, and furnish plentyof excitement for the visitors that constantlygather around. Musk-Ox Herd.—Because a musk-ox looksas round and sleek as a Jersey cow, it does notnecessarily follow that it is just as fat. If themusk-ox is amiable and allows one to approachclosely enough to stroke him, the investigat
Zoological Society bulletin . INDIAN ELEPHANT GUNDA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 897. of the pool was raised three feet, to economizewater. The pool is now easier to empty and toclean, and the change in no way detracts fromthe swimming possibilities. The present inhabi-tants are exceedingly active, and furnish plentyof excitement for the visitors that constantlygather around. Musk-Ox Herd.—Because a musk-ox looksas round and sleek as a Jersey cow, it does notnecessarily follow that it is just as fat. If themusk-ox is amiable and allows one to approachclosely enough to stroke him, the investigatorwould be astonished to find under the long, silkyoutside hair, a thick covering of the finest wool,at least two inches thick. During the cold thatprevails in our New York winters, this coveringis at its best; but as the warmer days approach,the wool is shed out, leaving the musk-ox in thelightest of summer covering. To all appearanceshis pelage is just as abundant as ever, and inconsequence the animal is an object of muchspeculation by visitors as to the extent that heis able
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