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Title: Animals in action; studies and stories of beasts, birds and reptiles; their habits, their homes and their peculiarities
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Brooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter), 1846-1902
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Publisher: Boston, Lothrop pub. co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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d in all the mountainous regions ofSouth and East Africa. The strong, watchful, and speedyzebra scents his bloodthirsty enemy from afar, and flees overthe grassy plain with all speed. After him storms the pack of 178 , ANIMALS IN ACTION. hyenas, snarling, howling, and whining in an indescribable pan-demonium of sound. When the foremost of the pursuersbecomes exhausted with the race, he surrenders the lead to tlieanimals immediately behind, which have been better able tosave their strength. First one and then another of the blood-thirsty pack falls yelping to the ground, crushed by a blow fromtwo powerful hoofs; but eventually one of the older and moreexperienced hyenas succeeds in fastening itself, as shown inthe picture, upon the neck of the fleeing animal, and the nextmoment the zebra is struggling upon the ground. Howling withjoy at their victory, the hyenas fall upon their prey, tear it topieces, and crowd about the carcass, yelping, snapping, andgrowling, an ugly, loathsome mass.
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Hyena Dogs tearing up a Zebra. THE OPOSSUM AND THE EARTH SQUIRREL. i8i The Opossum and the Earth Squirrel, orChipmunk. THE opossum (which wears the scientific name of Didelphysvirginiana) is a native of the American forests, and isvigorously hunted. To the uninitiated its ugly, ratlikeform, with its coarse, Hght gray pelt and long, hairless tail, is alto-gether repulsive. The animal has also a smeU that suggestsgarlic very strongly, and is a decidedly unwelcome visitor to thehen-roosts. The opossum lives in isolation and makes its appear-ance at night, when it proceeds to seize all the bird^ ?nd birdseggs that it can get. In winter it is seen just after sundown,tripping over the snow with its sharp nose close to the ground,carefully following the tracks of a hare, and from time to timerising on its hind legs and scanning the moonlit landscape. Ata point where the hare has made a long jump the opossum haltsin confusion, having apparently lost the scent. But some equallydesirable prey i

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