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Show Why Cats Wave Their Tills. f'H il M I All members uf the cat tribe wave their i, Sil P talis to and fro when proiokct ( do Jf LI flj 7 H not see how this curious habit Is to ba li t fC U explulned, except as an Instnntn of what (U ,, i' j H U ciiled 'Protective Mimicry" Among fi JM tt, H Insects and other humble creatures It U II i if H toininon to find those which urn compurn- 1 (J H tlvely defenseless adopting the asnects fit j j, 4-l a H anl manners of their moro formidnblo MK, . a H neighbors, and thus securing immunity Ajl ' y H from nltack This defensive method Is ll'r H H rare aniong tho higher animals Never- 111 .1 Wrl iU thelcss, many of the cat tribe, when faco !r ;;' , nt to fneo wllh an enemy, apparently Iml- ,1 I. ,f.l Iff WW tnte the behailor of u venomous snake, tin '.. (& H und thus avail ihemselves of the Instinct. jj' jr, ' gf lie ImriTir of the serpent, which wo llnd if i tl. ,'fM H among all wurnl-blooded creatures OY ,5 ijfift H Ihe hissing and spilling indulged Is tbv l ;)., B klllens (and oilier lining creatures which a J, rH n BJ have Ibelr natural iiursciles In hollnw Ai Hit Ml trees nnd similar plates) probably (ilia Its jPMVlllH ".'I B use In the fan that few Inquisitive pre. MUfficr I datory bensis would cure in risic a possi- ,ij Tjuntii ble encounter with an angry snalie Ihe i' Mr.JijK front aspect nf an nngrs cat. with Us It XM Tl H earn Inld flit against Its head Its eses tIkrMlt.if WW glaring, nnd IH fangs exposed. Is very KV1 tt if! l H smkeilke and tho explnslvo ilsslng ill' l41 JJl' H sounds It ulterB are exuetly similar to it M) 'JU those uttere.1 by some serpents when fcmfUir WW about tn strike ........ J? iYW'ilr' Bl Against Iho mimicry lis pothesls is thej M JMIhlK, fntt that the largo and formidable felldae Jl Nil W? H such as panlheis, lions und tigers which A JUI iJ( ussuri.lls nei.l no protection of this sort. ifi ?lll glim H wavo their lulls when alarmed or angry KiJJffl1Bl quite us much ns dn tho small cats which Jil fTl ,I,BI H siupd In daaieer from foxes, dogs and Si r '.11 WH1 Jaeknls It must be remembered, how- , 1JM ,,TtW Bj ever, that nil Innuln habits, such ns Ihoso ft JI MM H which we urn dlecusslng. and especially Kf MI -t 13JJ H ull hil.lls which nro common to a whole PtfllM iJMWW species or family are of the extremeat KWW'miiWW antlqults And In early diss of mam- ll''''J? iKJB in illan life mi Ihe earth all Ihe ancestors 9lMB JH H ut our moilern eats, und Indeed all warm- Ih'M WOW WW blooded eieaiurrs of every kind, were sa MbBjtBJBBjl small and defrnseless that they probab y 'it JJBBH needed such struiegy as the above to njiSSSflVBlH avoid extinction Pearson's Msggalne tor WniJmBH J uli. ml.lsBsnn'H |