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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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ast of Southern California. The Catalina goats (named after the island upon which they are found) are rapidly becoming famous. They are slightly smaller than those found in the Rocky Mountains. They live on the very highest parts of the mountains, never caring to take the risk of coming down to the valleys.They feed upon the grasses which are found upon the ledges of the precipices.When a flock of these goats are seen feeding far up the mountain-side, it often puzzles the hunter to know how they could have got there. And yet if he fires his rifle the goats will rush off and leave not a trace of their presence behind,except a cloud of dust and loose stones rattling down the face of the precipice.When these goats were first discovered they were bold and fearless, coming up to examine anyone who approached them; but now they have learned what a rifle means. It often happens that if a bighorn has been shot it will scramble swiftly away and die on some rocky ledge, where the hunter cannot reach it.
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GIRAFFES. THE GIRAFFE. The Giraffe is the tallest of all animals, not excepting the elephant. This is chiefly due to its wonderful neck. A full-grown giraffe often exceeds twenty feet. On the top of its head are two curious bones. They are an out-growth from the skull and not horns, as you might think. Also, farther down on its forehead is another bone growth, somewhat like the small horn of the unicorn. Its white skin is oddly marked with brown patches, which really serve as a protection, for when standing near a tree-trunk the colors match so well that it is hard to see a giraffe. The skin is also very thick, and tough enough to turn a rifle-bullet, unless it is well aimed. The Zulus make their war-shields from the hide of the giraffe. The tongue is long and thin, and as its owner feeds upon leaves it is of the greatest use to pick out just those that it wants. Its eye is of a dark brown color, and is mild and pleasing. The giraffe, like the kangaroo, is silent, never uttering a sound, even aft

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