play time, with games and "setting up" exercises
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The mother opossum is never happier than when she has her little ones playing hide-and-seek over her back |
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This young fox came from his home in the woods daily to play with a young fox-terrier. He is now resting after a romp |
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Naosaurus and Dimetrodon, two extinct armour-bearers who should have been well able to protect themselves |
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An armour-bearer of prehistoric times whose shield was an effective protection against enemy horns |
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To the polar bear the ice and snow of the Far North means warmth and protection. The mother bear digs herself into a snowbank, where lives quite comfortably throughout the winter |
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The sharp claws of the ground squirrel are efficacious tools in digging his cosy underground burrow |
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The coyote can readily distinguish whether a herd of sheep is guarded by one or more dogs, and will plan his attack accordingly |
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The zebu, the sacred bull of India, in spite of its domestication, has an agile body and a quick, alert mind |
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Roosevelt's Colobus. These horse-tailed monkeys chatter together in a language exclusively their own, yet they seem to have no difficulty in making themselves understood by other monkey-tribes |
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A tamed deer of Texas, whose constant companion and playmate was a rabbit dog. Between the two, there developed, necessarily, a common language |
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Water-loving animals, like the beavers, seemingly take great pride in their toilets. Their fur is always sleek and clean |
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Great forest pigs of Central Africa. Like the common domesticated hogs, they will seek a clay bath to heal their wounds |
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The Rocky Mountain goat has many means of defence, not the least of which is his agility in climbing to inaccessible places |
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Wild boars are among the most ferocious of animals. By means of their great strength alone they are well able to defend themselves |
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Brontosaurus. The animals that seemed best equipped to defend themselves are the ones that, thousands of years ago, became extinct |
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This prehistoric monster was equipped not only with a pair of strong horns but with a shield back of them as well |
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The beaver is the greatest of all animal architects. His skill is equalled only by his patience (in Colours) |
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The skunk mother tries to keep on hand a good supply of such delicacies as frogs and toads, so that her young may never go hungry |
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The porcupine and the hedgehog have a unique method of collecting food for their young. After shaking down berries or grapes, they roll in them, then hurry home with the food attached to their quills |
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The black bear is not one of the great migrating animals. The thickness of his coat must therefore change with the seasons |
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Rabbits seem to have a well-devised system in their road-building, running their paths in and out of underbrush in a truly ingenious manner |
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