Show SOME FANTASTIC FA ANIMALS A Cyrano Among niong Beasts Snakes That Walk Insect Horses giraffes and ostriches have havethe havethe havethe the largest eyes of all ani animals anImals mals trials but animals there are cephalopods or ink fists which have eyes as large l rge as a plate A tiger with witha a glass eye is something of a curiosity there is one at the Stuttgart menagerie and its glass eye eJe looks as fierce as its real one oneA oneA oneA A perfect cyrano among beasts is the coati which Is found on Devils island for its size about that of n a cat It has baa I the largest nose of any known Its head is pyramid shaped with jaws like an alligators It uses its forepaws to carry its food to its mouth as a squirrel does This animal is found on the island Dreyfus made famous and nowhere else on earth At the museum of natural history Paris Pans there is a single specimen which is attracting much attention A snake which uses its backbone for fora a walking stick is the of South Africa the most deadly serpent in the world It can climb swim and more wonderfully still actually walk If It moves forward without any devia deviation deviation deviation tion or wriggling Wavelike motions pass along his sides or his ribs move backwards and forwards like legs lebS beI be beneath neath the skin ski these motions are sim situ I there was only one in England but few fewin I I 1 in this continent and only two In this it country There is no animal in me menagerie menagerie t which gives its keeper mere trouble The freight bill bUt for f r one giraffe from the wilds of South Africa to the Arsenal Central park would be about a stiff price for one curiosity Quite as rare as a 8 giraffe is a black lioness There is only one in captivity r I 1 ity it this is in the Jardin des Piantes i t Paris Lions of this color are found t tonly lt only in the interior of the Sahara and andare k kare l are scarce even there 7 1 The industry shown by ants Is ap appalling ill 4 palling In South America they have 4 1 been known to construct a tunnel three f I miles in length The small red ant of or 1 t India is so 90 small that rt it t takes about q twelve of them to carry off ot a tiny grain I of wheat yet et they will carry one of i I these grains ns 1000 yards ards to their nest i I IOne One ant which was placed in a saucer I with some larvae worked from 6 S in fn i t the morning until 10 at night and car carried t J ned ried of the larvae to her nest The largest known insect fe is the ale ele elephant beetle beetie of Venezuela which some sometimes sometimes I times weighs half a pound The Ceylon I yellow spider weighs neighs nearly half hlf a i pound Now and then one has been 1 t found to weigh nine ounces j The insect with the shortest life is if if r the of or Germany five hours f fis is the limit of life and it takes no 1 t nourishment during this time It is 1 true however that before taking the I form of a butterfly it has lived three 4 years as a worm WOrlD During this time ti it f s lives in or near the water the change chanse 1 c to an is so sudden that one fE has not the time to see It 0 i It lIar 1152 to the motion of oZ the legs I S of a millipede The snake does oes riot ot bend his while ti g nor deviate delate one ofle jot from a Straight t swim swimmer swimmer mer Giraffes cars can can perform as many gym gymnastic gymnastic gymnastic feats o t rs r a circus contortionist that is with their necks which are so easily broken that when hen the animal anima wishes to commit suicide it twists its neck about until It snaps ps and when defense is no longer possible the ani animal mal destroys Itself A giraffe is never flever captured the animal preferring death There are but few I specimens in captivity At one time |