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Show HOW THE ANIMALS FEED. Characterlatlca of the Beaata When In Captivity. Au animal ta altnoat aa donionaira tlve when lie la hunitry aa when he la In a raxc. They are both natural feelings, and ho aeoa no reaaon tor dlKKiilalUK thein. Human helnga, who are affected In the aaiuo way aa anl-mala anl-mala by hntiKor. pay tribute to civilisation civili-sation hy not lettlim thla appear. At an animal how In New York the wild wcupanla of tint cuKca get very wild when the hour cornea for them to he tod. A truck Indi n with meat and vofTotahloa la wheeled around. I-oiik tiofore It ireta to their caitea tho llona act aa If healde themaolvoa over the maddening proapi-ct of food. The cagee aro very aniull, and yot a lion and Monona will often he In one. The; tear from one aide to the other, the Hon Jumping over the body of the lloneia, rather than make a "longer trip around." Though they might to have learned that each will get a ah aro. they both plunge for the groat chunk of meat. Once they got at It, they eat with a certain Intenalty, but deliberation. The hyonaa, "iMiundora," of the anl ninl realm, aro horridly greedy, anil will atoal from each ot.ior every chance they get. The apea. tho "anoha' of animal kind, are rather raatldi iihiiat bird that It la, awalta Ita food with much atoll. Illy, and when It geti Ita head of enhhage. pecka at It In a moat contained, ladylike raalon. Tin alohal elephant la a placid eater, alao tlia. If greedy. The iiatrleh. large |