| Show 0 0 DEATH TRAP FOR FOP ANIMALS Tar Tar Swamp Swamp in California Estimated b by Scientists s to Be of Incalculable Inca Ag Age Aga Near the cit city of or Los Angeles there exists a tar-swamp tar in which animals and aud birds have been mired and trapped since the daWn of the quaternary quaternary quaternary quater quater- nary epoch says John C. C Merriam In Harpers Harper's Weekly But nut itra it ra var ar not until recently that the bones hones d therein wore were discovered to be remnants of pr prehistoric animals Including In eluding the extinct great wolf Ameri Amerl American can lion tooth saber aber tooth tiger camel elephant elephant elephant ele ele- etc The relatively ely great number num her ber of of- carnivorous animals he ho writes which is the most striking feature of the Rancho Rancho-La La Brea Drea fauna Is undoubtedly to be accounted for ina in ina a a a. large part rt through the luring of carnivores into the asphalt by any creatures which ma may have ha been entrapped en en- trapped In the tar Such Stich living bait by its struggles les and und cries would undoubtedly un un an attract l tract cats or wolves and and not improbably several carnivores might be leel be-leel led Into the asphalt by the same bird blid bison or colt It is easy to imagine an animal caught in in- inthe the black ooze surrounded surrounded by by a t group of tar besmeared tar wolves each trying tomake tomake to tomake make a meal of crea crew ture that drew him him In at the tho same time fighting with the tho oth others rs and at tempting to extricate himself from tho the tar gar r. r |
