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Show Aolmals That Never' fJrLik. -i Mr. Blanford, in his book on Abyssinia, Abys-sinia, says thut neither the doreas nor Benott's gazelle (two allied species) ever drink. Darwin states in his "Voyage "Voy-age of a Xaturalist" that unless the huanacoes or wild llamas of Patagonia drink salt water in many localities they must drink none at alL The large and interesting group of sloths are alike in never drinking'. A parrot is said to have lived in the zoological gardens, Ecorent's park, for fifty-two years without with-out a drop of water. It is often said that rabbits in a wild state never drink. The late Rev. J. G. Wood doubted whether this idea was correct and recorded re-corded the fact that they feed on herbage herb-age when it is heavy with dew and, therefore, practically drink when eating. eat-ing. In the autumn and winter, when sheep are feeding on turnips, they require re-quire little or no water. Pittsburgh Dispatch. |