Show life near south pole seals according to the crew ot the antarctic exploring ship discovery are abundant near the south pole they are very tame and can be clubbed by anyone without showing more fight than opening their jaws and making a harsh noise they are possessed ot extraordinary vitality and are not easy to kill antarctic seals are not pro vided with marketable fur the skins of the majority of seals in the anbarc tic regions show an extraordinary number of cicatrices some old and some recent which for some time have been a puzzle to zoologists it Is a question whether they are the result of warfare among the bull seals or are caused by attacks of some mon ster not yet known to science some light has been shed on this subject by the discovery of remains of an ardi nary seal in the stomach of a sea leop ard which Is provided with a very fierce set of teeth quite in keeping with the possible habit of feeding on other seals A kind of penguin the adelle Is a laugh provoking bird are most inquisitive and at times are in such a hurry to follow up a clew that they will scramble along the ice on the belly pushing with their legs and using their flippers alternately like the paddle of a canoe they get over the ground at an astonishing rate and it Is hard work to overtake a penguin when it takes to this means of locomotion especially when it doubles in the water the penguin Is perfectly at home diving and in grand style he can lump clean out of the water and pop down on the ice exactly like someone coming up through a trapdoor on the stage and dropping on his feet the penguins eol elect lect in enormous numbers and are sometimes seen marching about like a regiment of soldiers in indian file all acting in unison A much larger the emperor weighs sixty or hevesy pounds and stands well over three feet high it possesses the most extraordinary mus cular powers in its flippers when presented with the end of a ski stick the emperor gives it such a smack that one s hands tingle at the same time it utters an angry guttural ex matlon cla |