Show I Baby Otter and Other Animals Like to Play I Most playful of all wild creatures are arc otters for even when full grown they cannot resist anything in the shape of a n ball that floats Baby badgers romp together puffing pulling purr pull ing out their fur until they look like black and white balls then bouncing bouncing bouncing ing round and round on their short stiffened legs A favorite game is for one to mount a f fallen tree and its companions to try to pull it down dove relates Oliver G. G Pike F. F Z S. S in London Tit Bits Magazine Young polecats play a similar game but are far more graceful As they prance around their slender backs are arched and ond they look most attractive in their rich dark brown glossy fur Badgers polecats polecats pole pole- cats stoats and weasels have very little method in their play unlike the organized games of the otter I doubt if U anyone has ever detected detect detect- ed play among fish or seen lizards lizards liz liz- ards or snakes Indulging in games All these are arc cold blooded and are only active when the temperature is warm enough to give them an interest in life The play of foxes will often turn to tragedy so far as the farmer is concerned for tor i if they get among fowls they will kill one for tor food then like puppies chase ehase everything that moves If the birds had bad the sense to keep still the fox tax might pass them by but he will slaughter them by the dozen while they continue to run |