Show Nature H Has s Provided Antelope With the App Apparatus ratus Another remarkable detail of the antelopes antelopes antelope's antelopes antelope's an an- anatomy Is the white area on each buttock Although it seems at first like the rest lest of his spots a mere patch of white coat it is found to be specialized for an important service It is composed of hair graded from short in the center to long at the front edges Under the skin of the part Isa is isa isa a circular muscle by means the hair can in a moment be raised and spread radically h into to two great blooming twin chrysanthemums more or less flattened at the center When this is done In bright sunlight they shine like tin pans giving flashes of light that can be seen further than the animal itself affording a conspicuous Identification mark that muse be of great service to the species As soon therefore as an antelope sees some strange or thrilling object this muscle acts and the rump patch is Instantly changed into a great double disk of white that shines afar like a patch of snow and by its fla flashing flash hing h- h ing spreads the alarm This it will be seen is simp simply simpa a heliograph Man flatters himself that he be was the inventor inventor in in- of flash communication but he heIs heIs heis Is wrong the antelope had it first They used it thousands of generations before man ever dreamed of it |