Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-24 | Page 22 | If Animals Could Talk

f 1 f 1 f. f f LN I I W M f NN N W I N bf N f 1 1 M 1 I fA- fA fAi i 0 n c- c cid id T i T is a startling fact that if some IT 8 animals could tell their life liCe history history his his- tory they would be able aole to recall events which happened hundreds of or years vears ago In writing about the longevity of some animals a French naturalist says A Russian eagle for tor instance would bo be able to remember watching with greedy greed eyes as one by one the French soldiers under Napoleon fell Cell exhausted exhaust exhaust- ed out of the ranks in their a awful retreat retreat re re- re treat from Moscow in IS 1812 12 There are crocodiles alive ali in India toda today which saw the first English Eng traveler set foot there while there thore are arc whales in tho the sea which may mayhan have han skirted the coast of France Mf NN f f N W h f I f 1 M f M f N W MI Mf N IN M when England invaded it in Ul A gl great eat many elephants could r fc ri call caB historical events of or a f r 5 years ears ago while there ai are e ravens sill stu living whose memory could go ba bac i twice that period I Talking of birds the parrot t th crow and the swan sometimes live a hundred years that years that is of tours course f if they do not meet with while the heron may live ll 60 year Geese and pelicans have bave survive half halt a century and the sparrow 4 4 years earB Pigeons linnets canario cranes and peacocks will live e to w we wet over 20 years while the gold partridge pheasant lark and nigh gale will live Ine from 15 to 18 years ears 1 C N W IM NI w W MM ji I i Mf Nf 1 N I 1 N f N f I i