All about animals. Facts, stories and anecdotes (1900) (14797698273)

Identifier: allaboutanimalsf00newy (find matches)
Title: All about animals. Facts, stories and anecdotes
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Animals
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bros
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



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A LIONESS AND CUBS. made off for the nearest shelter. The natives scattered right and left, butone man, unable to get away quickly enough, was knocked down by thelion. When the hunt was over .the doctor returned expecting to find theman only stunned, when, to his surprise, he found his shoulder broken andhis skull crushed like an e^sr-shell from the blow he had received. The lion is not a sneak like the tiger, for instead of seeking cover itcomes boldly out into the open, and it is killed that much easier. An instanceof the nature of the lion is here shown in the following story: A hunter camping in Abvssinia was one evening surprised when a nativetold him that a few minutes before he had passed quite close to a full-grownlion. You were not afraid ? asked the hunter. No, replied the native. Why should I be ? The lion never attacks us unless he is very hungry orannoved. J This last story shows an odd trait in the lions character. The lion has
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SENEGAL LIONS. THE LION. no desire to interfere with man; in fact, one never hears of a man-eating lion.Why this should be nobody has ever yet been able to say for certain. Manyhunters claim that should a man fall into a lions clutches and be killed, thebody will not be eaten, although the lion may have fearfully mangled it in itsrage. The natives say that the white mans fleshis distasteful to the lion. With regard to the lion not being a sneak, there are always exceptions toprove the rule, for while it does not hesitate to boldly raid a cattle corral inbroad daylight, there are times when it prefers to sneak upon its prey. Astory showing this comes from a young man who had recently taken servicein South Africa: He left his camp, one fine evening about dusk, for a stroll, and, passingnear a small pond, he sat down on the edge. Suddenly looking across, hesaw three pairs of green eyes on the other side watching him. Being new tothe country, he did not at once realize his danger. The eye