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Show Things Taught by Animals. The following facts remind us that many of our human dovlces are not original origi-nal with us: Tho woodpecker haB a powerful little trip-hammor Tho Jaws of tho tortoise and turtle aro natural scissors. Tho framework of a ship resembles tho skeleton of a herring. Tho squirrel carries a chisel In his mouth and tho beo tho carpentor's piano. Tho gnat fashions its eggs In tho shapo of a llfohoat. You canhot sink them without with-out tearing them to pieces. Tho diving-bell Imitates tho watcr-spl-der. It constructs a small cell under tho water, clasps a bubblo of water between Its logs, dives down into Its submarine chamber with tho bubblo, displacing tho water gradually, until its nbodo contains a largo, airy room surrounded by water. Dotrolt Trlbuno. |