Show ALTRUISM IN ANIMALS come show friendly and unselfish trait difficult to understand A french scientist has lately written MI lin int interesting capar on altruism in animals arriving at the startling concitta slon elon that animals are perhaps bettex better christians than men he saya animal societies socie tisa are ara less lesa polished but perhaps more humane all things being equal than our own and gives several instances ansta ces of animal species made use of ty sy another and performing services for the latter without receiving anything in exchange among others is mentioned tho tha c case ase of 01 the crocodile and the bird tro chilua on the banks of the nile this bird performs two services forthe for the crocodile it enters into its mouth and dispatches there the worms and leeches which trouble the crocodile it flies rapidly away giving vent to a peculiar cry when the ichneumon tho the enemy of tho the crocodile approaches thus apprising it its companion of the ichneumons presence pie sence in return the crocodile shakes its its tail whenever it wishes to close its mouth thus giving the bird the tha croo odilo odile in no wise recompenses but bat contents itself simply with respecting the person of the little animal the service rendered is unilateral but it is easy to understand that by the exercise of extremely little intelligence if not unconsciously the crocodile may be led to defend its sometimes one animal will borrow the services of another temporarily a ne in the case casa of the serpent who is ferried across a river by a duck or as frequently seen several animals assist one on another in crossing streams of water in in lifting largo large stones in moving the trunks of cf frees in constructing dams dame in hunting bunting or in mutual defense aphids who have the power of secreting an abdominal fluid of which ants are passionately fond are kept by the anta in sta ista wes blea like milk cows and carefully careful lj wat watched bed chicago news |