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Show Nature's Perch Clamp. "Chickens and others birds, rooBtlng on a perch no bigger than a lead pencil, never fall off Do you know why?" said a farmer. "Tho tendon of a roosting bird's leg Ib so constructed that, when tho leg is bent at tho knee, the claws havo to contract can't open till the leg Is straightened straight-ened out again. Thus a chicken gets on Its perch, bends Its knee to bo comfortable, comfort-able, and with that bending locks Itself, as with a key, to the wood. It can't fall off. Put a chicken on your finger and then make It sit down. Its claws will clamp your linger tight and be unable to let go till the bird stands up again. Nature Na-ture verv kindly, has so constructed roosting birds that the act of settling down clamps them to their perch." New York Press. |