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Show Nervousness In Animals. Cases of death of animals from "nervous upset" nro not uncommon, and aro found among very different classes of mammals. Last year n couple of otters wero caught apparently appar-ently quite uninjured, on tho Illvcr ICamont, nnd sent by train, each In a roomy box. Hoth died almost Inuw dlntely after their arrival at tholr destination. A female elephant at tho Iondou Zoo died from the effects of a thunder st irm. Somo of tho larger npes nro said to be so affected by capture cap-ture that they always dlo within a few days, the system being so upsot that thoy cannot eat. That Is why wo soo only joung specimens brought to Europe. |