. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Zoo Notes 169 each other in a most re- markable way in structure or habit, or both. Thus, in each family there are vegetable and animal feeders, arboreal, terres- trial, and aquatic forms. None of the agamas, how- ever, grow to the size of the large iguanas. They differ also in the mode of fixing of the teeth, which are set on the edge of the jaw-bones, while in the iguanas they are placed against the inside of the jaw-bone, this latter being the commonest mode of attachment of the teeth in lizards. The Zoological Society ha
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Zoo Notes 169 each other in a most re- markable way in structure or habit, or both. Thus, in each family there are vegetable and animal feeders, arboreal, terres- trial, and aquatic forms. None of the agamas, how- ever, grow to the size of the large iguanas. They differ also in the mode of fixing of the teeth, which are set on the edge of the jaw-bones, while in the iguanas they are placed against the inside of the jaw-bone, this latter being the commonest mode of attachment of the teeth in lizards. The Zoological Society has sustained a sad loss in the death of " Sam," Bears. their only Polar Bear, who died quite suddenly on November 1st. A post-mortem examination made by Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell and Dr. E. N. Salaman disclosed the fact that " Sam's" death was due to an aneurism of the aorta. It is thus some consolation to know that the cause of death was not a preventible one, while the fact of an aneurism occurring in a bear is of. Photograph by 11. 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 London
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