Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1892 — Animals Who Lack Sense. [ARTICLE]

Animals Who Lack Sense.

“Some animals exhibit a queer lack of sense,” says a man who has observed them. “Put a buzzard in a pen about six feet square, and open at the top, and it is as much a prisoner as though it were shut up in a box. Ihis is pecause buzzards always begin their flight by taking a short run, and they cannot or will not attempt to fly unless they can do sc. Again, take a common bumblebee and put it in a goblet. It will remain a prisoner for hours, trying to escape through the sides, without ever thinking of escaping from the top. So, also, a bat cannot rise from a perfectly level surface. Although it is remarkably nimble in its flight when once on the wing and can fly for many hours at a time without taking the least rest, if placed on the floor or on flat ground it is absolutely unable to use its wings. The only thing it Gan do is to shuffle helplessly and painfully along until it reaches some trifling elevation, from which' it can throw itself into the air, when at once it is off like a flash.”