Show LAUGHED AT SEAL r Hell Diver Jt Refused fused to Figure on P Pursuers Pursuer's Menu Curious Speed Contest Reported by Nature Student Who Witnessed the Incident on Maine Co Coast st st. Seals are quick ot of o movement and anyone who has ever watched them Seeding lading cannot but man marv marvel el l at nt the speed with which the they dart about In the water and the apparent e ease with which they are able to to overtake their pre prey says a n Bulletin of Qt the the American G Game me Protective association and likewise like like- likewise like wise there are few duck hunters who have ha not had the opportunity of witnessing witnessing witnessing wit wit- the speed of ot the grebe commonly com commonly com eom- known as ns the hell diver dl He lIe can easily protect himself by diving and swimming under water and lightning lightning lightning light ning Is slow as ns compared with the speed with which a hell diver submerges submerges submerges sub sub- merges when he sees the flash of a a. gun headed In his direction Which of the two Is quicker In the water becomes a nice question to the th discussion of which Arthur Aithur I Jr Pe T enni nl- nl man contilli contributes t s the story of ot a a i con con- contest con contest te test t he lIe witnessed on the tile Maine coast In the Penobscot bay region between a n seal and a pied billed grebe when each contestant was apparently doing his best the seal looking for his supper and anal the hell diver Intent on seeing lie he didn't mal make e eu u up the fr menu While we j were ere engaged in studying the habits babits' of a fish hawk Mr Penniman Penniman Penni- Penni I man writes our our attention was vms attracted attracted at at- great by a n. grent at commotion In hi the thel water off Is shore 1 re From our blind bUnd we could see ee that that- the splashing was caused by a n seal aseal performing the most curious antics In In his his attempts to catch a bird which we we e. e Inter later identified as a pied billed grebe greb The seal Imide node unade rapid progress por pc r- r poising In n and out of the wate at i r In hi quick diving leaps and was wa fast over over- overhauling over overhauling I hauling the bird which was swimming frantically to escape his pursuer purser but however made no attempt to fly After Af After After Af- Af ter a uway away race of some fifty yards or more more It seemed as if the chase was over as both bird and s seal al disappeared In th the same splash as the seal struck the water When the splash subsided we saw that tho thU grebe had cleverly dod dodged ed to toon om one side and und after twisting and turning Ii around a aery ery very small circuit t to card f 5 the seal he headed straight for tor forThe sharer The bird now began begun to use Its wings and skittering rapidly y ov over r he water soon distanced d the seal which continued contin ed the chuse chase until within 30 feet of ot the beach where the winter niter tel tel- was no more than knee deep There he sat with his shoulders out of the water watching the th g grebe e e as th the latter ran along the edge the shore The Then though as th as' ugh he h hated t d to give up his meal he slowly purs pursued cd the bird on a parallel course In in the the thi water paying not the slightest attention attention atten atten- tion to to the men on the e I beach each until h he was as frightened d. d off oft O Intervention c cL f in Inthe the contest t. t w L |