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Show f r-- i 76 CLASSIFIEDS FEATURES AUL HARVEY WEEKS TV GUIDE -- -- THURSDAY, AUG. 26, 1976 Those creatures at USU - f learn about the heart And then there are the gerbils at Edith Bowes School Lab School, which, entertain the children wiuleteaching them about animal behavior. The fuzzy, the feathery, the sleak are all part of the sp SS53 ' w animal wold at Utah State University. Although not officially enrolled or part of the staff, the animals found at USU (day an important part in much of the research and learning A zoology student is attempting to And out whether homing pigeons use the earths magnetic field for that takes place at the FOXES ARE OFTEN called sly, but this one was bashful when It came to getting his photograph taken. university. From birds to snakes, to foxes and coyotes, the animals are used by the educators in such fields as agriculture, wild life science, animal behavior and nutrition and food science. Rattlesnake venon is collected by one researcher for studies of its toxity. Another researcher uses a hawk to direction-findin- g. A ogy graduate student took three of his study animals, a redtailed hawk, a ferret and a kit fox, to a' high school class to help students distin- guish specialized physical characteristics which makes each of the animals a sue-- . cessful hunter. The Agriculture College is always using animals to learn better ways to raise animals to keep them well fed, in good bpalth and to increase production. The animals find --various places of habitats, both on and off campus. Sane call a cage in a laboratory home, like the rats used by the Nutrition and Food Science Department to learn more about food nutrition. Others find their, habitat in someone's office, or at the various research stations throughout Cache Valley. -- ARTMAHONEYof the Natritkn and Food Science department at USU ases rats in studies to lean more about food and nutrition. ' . , But wherever they are kept, or whatever they are an African sheep or an owl the animals play a vital role in a university :vd h ft '.J i : i i t RAISED BY treat is provide them. TSK at STOSt DE8Pm " a - JUST WIIOOOOOOOOO are all these people disturbing my sleep, the owl id Utah Slate seems to be asking. A |
