. Animal snapshots and how made . O u <M WQI—1 < The Muskrat 8i clusters of rushes are still standing. At such placesthere are usually air holes, the breathing places forthe muskrat. He takes advantage of these holes andforces the refuse of his food through them, thus form-ing a little mound six to twelve inches in height. This. The Winter Lodgewet material, along with a little mud, forms a compactmass, preventing the water from freezing below. Herethe muskrat brings his food to eat, and here he obtainsthe necessary air, remaining the while in a sittingposition, with his forward parts in
. Animal snapshots and how made . O u <M WQI—1 < The Muskrat 8i clusters of rushes are still standing. At such placesthere are usually air holes, the breathing places forthe muskrat. He takes advantage of these holes andforces the refuse of his food through them, thus form-ing a little mound six to twelve inches in height. This. The Winter Lodgewet material, along with a little mud, forms a compactmass, preventing the water from freezing below. Herethe muskrat brings his food to eat, and here he obtainsthe necessary air, remaining the while in a sittingposition, with his forward parts in the hut and hishind parts in the water. Sometimes if a lodge is 82 The Muskrat disturbed the muskrats betake themselves to theirindividual huts until their fright is over. At all seasons the food of the muskrat is in themain herbaceous, consisting chiefly of the roots ofmarsh grasses and aquatic plants. He is very fondof sweet apples and will venture quite a distancefrom home that he may enjoy this tidbit. Vegetablegardens situated along water courses are sometimesseriously damaged by a colony of muskrats. I re-member very distinctly an experience which I hadin my younger days. Near the lower end of thegarden, which was my care and pride, flowed a largecreek along whose course were numerous sequesteredpools and coves, set bac
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