Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1951 — Page 18

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y The Struggle for Survival -

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En je story of show Nature has quipped “her creatures in

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strange ways to defend themBelves against enemies and to ecure the necessities of life. BeBo man came upon earth, the pnimal world had mechanisms much like heavy armor, smoke screens, jet propulsion, even adar. This is the second instillment of a series. Mr. Andrews for many years has been director of the American Museum of Natural History. These articles are fram his recent baok, NATURE'S WAYS.

: CHAPTER TWO

y. ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS

Noted Naturalist and Explorer

i THE ARMADILLOS are

‘as: completely clothed in ‘armor as was any knight lof the Middle Ages. Every inch of the upper part of the janimal is covered with beautifully sculptured horny plates. ¢ “Armadillos lack teeth in the front of both upper and lower Jaws, and are members of the oothless animal group which “includes th e anteaters. The {foods they eat are licked up by {the sticky surface of their ‘tongues. revs The armadillo is a stupid animal living a life of restricted motion. Its hearing and eye‘sight are poor. The armor gives ‘it’an almost immobile body. It ‘jogs along in its trails from one sfeeding place to another with ;the same stiff little trotting gait sand a self-centered air. When salarmed, the armadillo runs to ithe shelter of its burrow, but if ‘caught by a dog or a natural ifoe: it coils up in a ball The young, numbering from our to eight, have their eyes

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open at birth; at that time the armor is as soft and flexible as fine leather. The hardening of the skin is progressive, continuing until ther animal completes its growth. As soon as the young are able to travel, they trot along with the old one during her foraging trips. Thees animals are peculiar to the Americas. They are most abundant on the southern continent. x = a

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THE BAT. |. no menace to hairdos.

Its, natural radar set enables it to avoid obstacles by the returning echo of its squeaks and chirps. It would hate being in your hair as much as you would dislike having it there. Some bats have voices so extraordinarily high in pitch that they are beyond the range of human ears. The squeaks can only be detected on the sensitive filament of a sound track. Bats rival bird& in their pow-

er of flight and are among the most extraordinary adaptations

in nature. The skin uniting

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their lengthened front and hind limbs and finger bones form broad wings which give them marvelous control in darting and turning. No birds, except possibly the chimney swifts, can equal them in their extraordinary gyrations as they feed upon insects. One of the most unusual characteristics of the brown bat is the number of young it bears, three or four being the average. When the young are very small, they are carried clinging

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her flights. She continues to take them from place to place in this manner until their combined weight exceeds her own. Bats, in spite of their small size, are ferocious fighters. They will bare their teeth, bite viciously, behave like veritable little fiends. :

NEXT SUNDAY: Nature's Gas Attack and the Beast That Is a Gentleman.

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