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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
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theenemy. But weariness begins to show its effect on the littledefender. The polecat springs at its throat and kills it despitethe sharp claws. The successful hunter then carries his preyhome and stores it in his larder. These decaying animals donot furnish a pleasant addition to the undesirable odor whichthe polecat himself gives out. The hamster is fatal to agricul-ture. The male and the female dwell apart, and each gathersa separate store between them, working a fearful depredationamong the corn-fields. The farmer has really therefore tothank the polecat for its aid in the work of exterminating thispest. But the polecat, on his part, has some very disagreeablehabits. In addition to his occasional raids upon the hen-coopand the dove-cote, he is not a pleasant neighbor because of hisnauseating smell. Moreover, he is a malicious animal, and isvery easily aroused to anger. He is very tenacious of life, andoften surprises the hunter by resuming his activities after beingtaken for dead.
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Polecat attacking a Hamster. THE SPECTRAL TARSIER. 167 The Spectral Tarsier hunting Drosera. THE natives of Sumatra regard the tarsier or koboldmakimuch as some other ignorant people of the Old Worldregard the toad and the lizard. A scientist has called thetarsier the toad among the mammals. The appearance of thisstrange fellow is something like that of the tree toad. Its handsand feet, and also certain movements of its body, are suggestiveof the little green climber of our own acquaintance. The tarsieris, however, much larger than the toad, the full-grown animalattaining a length of from six to seven inches. The tarsierinhabits the impenetrable forests of the Asiatic islands, westwardas far as Malacca. He is an insectivorous and vegetarian animal,and his odd appearance solely is responsible for the bad reputein which he is held among the misinformed. The spectral tar-sier has a head that is very nearly round, and his short snoutprotrudes beyond the face, somewhat like that of the fro

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