Show TRAITS OF ANIMAL CREATION even the most famous naturalists Natura lists have been unable to explain satisfactorily there are a great many strange facts about animals and insects that seem to defy explanation here aro are a tow few an exchange says A fly will crawl to the top of a window pane fly back to the bottom and crawl up again hardly over ever does it fly up and crawl down it has been known to repeat this former act over thirty times before stopping liens hens always scratch for food with the sun behind them A blind hen always manages to get the sun aun behind her when scratching chink and she will miss but few bits of food cats hardly ever 11 lie with their feet to the fire in most cases they lie instead with their left side to it doss dogs invariably lie with outstretched paws to the fire A mouse overlooks a perfectly safe food supply sufficient tor for a meal or two to enjoy the perilous pleasures of an unlimited store it will hide bide near the food and come out to nibble when huri hungry gry for it is not true that a mouse will seek its hole at the first alarm it if a small snake is kept in captivity and fed and cared for it will become tame and after a few months crawl to its captor tor for food when approached this is true especially of tile tha small and harmless varieties the unerring ability of the tha homing pigeon to find its former abode is not due to a sense of location but rather to a natural instinct which cats and dogs have displayed when taken from their homes |