Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING JUNE 1937 6 inner earn essoins mine Instinct Tells Them to Take a Nap as an Aid to Their Digestion and Because It Increases Zoo Authorities WHAT IS We’ll IT f You Wager Can t This Strange Guess What Feather Mass y Repre- " V- sents Zoolo- - - i gists Will Tell You It's the 'i- - TM TIRED" ' That’s What the King of the Jungle Seems to Be Saying Above as He Prepares to Take His Afternoon Snooze He Does This Every Day After He’s -- ’C'V'v Flamingo in the Unusual Ml' Position It Assumes While V Napping x SS ' fX jquw j wwJwwhwwwwaiuji pyqwt Had His Lunch At the Right You Can See What Happened a Moment Later Sfl nm ¥itr Mi V 1 3tr Is fefenc Is a remarkable collection HEREanimal I r-- photos taken shortly after' feeding time Like most human beings the Inhabitants of the zoo the farm yard and the Jungle feel drowsy and sleepy after eating Fortunately they can indulge in the luxury of a nap at such times Zoo animals are seldom fed more than one meal a day If you visit the shortly after 1:30 p m you might t zoo be rewarded by seeing the lion yawn just like the one at the top of the page At that time the king of the jungle Is fed from twelve to fourteen pounds of cow beef which he ravenously devours When Sunday comes around the — lion -- or elis leo as -- he - is -- known to bazoologists Is placed on a sis But he is compensated on Monday with a special treat consisting of hearts liver and Tddneys All the “cat" animals in the zoo are fed at the same hour and with the same food as the lion Of course the amount of food eaten by lionesses cheetahs leopards and others of this type is governed by their individual ' appetiteS It -is after the animals have eaten “ "their- fill that scenes such as you see above to the right and below become common sights If you watch the lion closely you will probably see him roll oyer on his side and go to sleep as he has done in the photo below the close-u- p of his yawn In another cage you might see a lioness and her cub curl A visit to the up in slumber together’ leopard’s enclosure- would show a graceful Blender animal like the one below stretching his supple muscles in the sunlight before he takes his nap In their native habitat the “cat” no-fo- ’ 4 animals eat much more food than is fed to them in zoos This is understandable when one realizes how much more active they are in the jungle thus burning up more energy and acquiring bigger appetites The principal food of the lion family in such setting consists of the larger herbivores — buffaloes antelopes zebras giraffes and sheep and cattle if obtainable In the jungle a leopard will eat anything it can overcome being especially fond of dogs In habit this animal is ferocious bloodthirsty and cunning corner of On the upper right-han- d the page is a photo that may puzzle one for a moment It is a flamingo or phoenicouterus - roseus- - snapped Just after the keeper had placed its meal of boiled rice and dried shrimps in the cage at 11 a m Unlike most animals in the zoo the flamingo doesn’t always gobble up its food the moment it is offered Sometimes it stays untouched for hours After mealtime however one may see this slender bird curling up in the peculiar position it assumes to catch a few winks Its long neck is invaria- bly twisted backward and buried in its heavily feathered back while one thin leg is tucked up beneath a wing Before a flamingo is captured and brought to the zoo its food consists principally of small aquatic invertebrates dug out of the mud in lagoons Just below the flamingo is a massive rhinoceros drowsily digesting his ration of mash made up of oats and brain Later in the day if he gets hungry this dull and plodding animal may decide to eat some of hay that is also placed in its cage every morning at 10 a m by XtfMVJCv A Uwv AW r fbAiwOv t MW Av A y 't fH’ The Ponderous Rhlnocerus Above Ig H f 4 £r Takes on Graceful Lines While It V£ Slumbers It Is Extremely Awkward Other Times After Eating r‘ At X & v iTX x Jjf s v m a (sr ' “SLEEP BABY SLEEP" A Female Pig and Her Little Piglet (on the Left) Dropping Off to Sleep to the Waltz Strains Coming from the Phonograph Near the Mother’s s jy - ijSS&v’ - ' -- - v v 'A t ’t iS vX Head t Apparently the Soothing Lullaby Worked Equally as Well on Her as It Did on Her Offspring Below Is a Lioness and Her Cub Taking Their o - ? j Mid-Da- Siesta y £ r' x ' J if iTv 5 KV yf the keeper The rhino is strictly a' vegetarianv Finally in the center of the page Js a slumbering pig and her chubby piglet They’ve just finished eating a sumptuous repast consisting of waste potatoes separated milk and scraps mid-morni- the-clove- H9Mt " l- - t A A -- V ' 'W-- :¥ !V 4 'Js f - ! k i v 'i“ ’ X i ! Yx K&7& 4xXl AN1Y’-- ISM Xx v? Srv -- ' JX St J "T 4I Note tt he Slender Graceful Lines of the Leopard Above Taking a Short Nap After His Noonday Meal He Too Like All Animals Wisely Takes Time Off for a Snooze for Instinct Has Given Him the Knowledge That It Aids Him to Digest Ills Food and Increase His Vitality V-oe itfy I I |