. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. Fig. 74—Ix>cked Moosi anUera found in Algonkin Park, Ontario. From « pholograph by Thomas W, Gibson. Toronto. 162 Life-histories of Northern Animals The locked horns, so common among Wapiti, Caribou Whitetail, and Blacktail Deer, are also found among Moose! One may wonder how these big, flat shovels can be- come entangled, and yet they do. There are several cases on record, the most wonder- ful being the ant- lers of a pair of giants from Alaska. These I saw in
. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. Fig. 74—Ix>cked Moosi anUera found in Algonkin Park, Ontario. From « pholograph by Thomas W, Gibson. Toronto. 162 Life-histories of Northern Animals The locked horns, so common among Wapiti, Caribou Whitetail, and Blacktail Deer, are also found among Moose! One may wonder how these big, flat shovels can be- come entangled, and yet they do. There are several cases on record, the most wonder- ful being the ant- lers of a pair of giants from Alaska. These I saw in . _ ^ Sheard's establish- ment m racoma. The man who found them brought them out at great cost. He thought he had a wonderful prize, yet Sheard remarked: "I will give half as much more to any one who will unlock these antlers without using a saw. As they stand they are an unwieldy curi- osity which no man wishes to buy, but separated each will make a fine ; The second marked peculi- arity in the bull Moose is the bell on his throat. I have examined many of these in the newly killed specimens and in the living ani- mal, and could find nothing in them but a long dewlap of skin with appropriate blood-vessels. Sometimes it is round; some- times flat, lying the long wj. >; sometimes flat the cross way tif the animal's throat; sometimes. ^'o 7.^—Unnmal bell. iS inche« long excliaiw of hair. Shot near Birnie, 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 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Size: 1275px × 1960px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishe, booksubjectmammals
