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Show WmIUIbs Ltt mm! Twl(. I The walking and climbing leaves f A tut rut i wcro for over half nctntury ronsldeml tho grenUt of natural w n ders. A party of Mllor wandrroiltnlanl and sat down to mt under n trre. A great wind shook torarthsoreraldMl nnd brown Iwive Theee pmentlv 1 gm to how slgni if life and crawl to ward the trunk, which they aerrndrl and attuclwltlmulve to thtlr respw tire twigs. Hence tlte sailor, wbn promptly ran away, sld the jitacif wu Uwltclied. But the simple fset turnwl oat to bu that the no called le-ives" Wf ni really leaf shaped Insects, hiving long prndalom legs, -which mill be fold! out of sight anl rvtlng the chineleon like power f varying their cator to corrcind with that tI the f'iHigp tbey are clinging la U-n bring sliskfo to thegroutiO Instinct In-stinct tauyht them In aeek bKir of (he friendly loaves again as soon as possible. These walking leaie am frequently fonnl In the wood of Illinois. The fanner rail them "animated twigs " M tlieyrxsctly resemble a bit of tht tree. They are green when the tn are green, but as soon a the foliage chingr tbey brocme ttrown Tlie writer of this was tilting under a trvo reading tn the wurals of southern Illinois when one ff theee Hwlgi." al it was snppueed to be, drop-pwl drop-pwl w the luge It inoreil and thu rv vealet It Identity 111 nature eemel tolMtliat of a wonn, arvl Its iUlity tliatuf hlery lowest Itdtml assuoti m rriJioved, arfl rrved a a bookmark for many year. Detroit Free I'm- |