Brehm's Life of animals - a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools (1895) (20226030999)

Title: Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools
Identifier: brehmslifeofanim00breh (find matches)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; PechuLoesche, Eduard, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard
Subjects: Mammals; Animal behavior
Publisher: Chicago : Marquis
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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THE CAT FAMILY -LION. Ill but agility comes in time. Towards the close of the first year they have attained the size of a strong Dog. In the third year the mane begins to appear in the male, but full growth and distinction of sex are only completed in the sixth or seventh year. The age a Lion attains is in proportion to the slow develop- ment. There are cases on record where Lions have lived to be seventy years old in captivity ; although they lose much of their beauty and show signs of decay rather early, in spite of the best of care. He needs about eight pounds of fresh meat daily. This will keep him in fine condition and he will grow fat on it. Experience I have taken care of a Lioness for with a two years. She became accustomed Tame Lioness. t0 t)le household in a very short time and enjoyed the freedom of the whole yard. She soon followed me about ilke a Dog, caressed me at every opportunity and annoyed me only by coming to my bed in the night and awakening me with her
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THE SENEGAL LION. Although there are differences in the Lions found in various parts, they are so slight as to scarcely justify a scientific division. The principal variance is in the mane of the male, which is largest and darkest in ihe Barbary Lion. In the Senegal I.inn the mane is lighter and only covers the head, neck and a part of the breast. The Lion in the picture, with his Lioness, have secured their prey and are about to take their meal, but appear to have heard suspicious sounds, which they would like to know more about before commencing. (Felts Jeo senegalensis.) The Lion Lions captured young may become very in tame if they receive intelligent care. They Captvity. know their keeper and become attached to him in proportion to the attention he bestows on them. One cannot imagine a more amiable creature than a Lion tamed in this way, which has forgotten his freedom, and I might say his Lionhood, and de- votes himself to Man with his whole soul. With good food a Lion will live in captivity for years. caresses. A few weeks after her arrival she reigned supreme in our yard. She teased and frightened all the other animals in every imaginable way. The only one that defied her successfully was a Marabou. At their first meeting the bird went up to her and gave her so thorough a lesson with its huge beak that after a prolonged fight she had to give in. She would often lie down like a Cat, and then jump on one of us, like the Cat on a Mouse, her only intention