. Wild animals I have known and 200 drawings [microform]. Animal behavior; Animaux. Lobo perhaps only one, strong weakness, name'iy, tt follow their leader. And this the shepherds turn to good account by putting half a dozen goats in the flock of sheep. The latter recog nize the superior intelligence of their bearded cousins, and when a night alarm occurs they crowd around them, and usually are thus saved from a stampede and are easily protected. But it was not always so. One night late in last No- vember, two Perico shepherds were aroused by an onset of wolves. Their flocks huddled aroimd the
. Wild animals I have known and 200 drawings [microform]. Animal behavior; Animaux. Lobo perhaps only one, strong weakness, name'iy, tt follow their leader. And this the shepherds turn to good account by putting half a dozen goats in the flock of sheep. The latter recog nize the superior intelligence of their bearded cousins, and when a night alarm occurs they crowd around them, and usually are thus saved from a stampede and are easily protected. But it was not always so. One night late in last No- vember, two Perico shepherds were aroused by an onset of wolves. Their flocks huddled aroimd the goats, which being neither fools nor cowards, stood their ground and were bravely defiant; but alas for them, no common wolf was heading this attack. Old Lobo, thr weir-wolf, knew as well as the shepherds that the goats were the moral foroe of the flock, so hastily running over the backs of the densely packed stieep, he fell on these leaders, "'ew them all in a few minutes, and soon hid the luckless sheep stampeding in a thousand differ' ent directions. For weeks afterward I was al- most daily accosted by some anxious shepherd, who asked, " Have you seen any stray OTO •heep lately ? " and usually I was obliged t« 36. 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 : Grosset & Dunlap
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