File:Image from page 333 of "Children's own library" (1910) (14594649679).jpg

English: Identifier: childrensownlibr10burd

Title: Children's own library Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: Burdick, J. Ellis (Jennie Ellis) Welsh, Charles, 1850-1914 Subjects: Publisher: New York, National Library Co Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book

Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image: or try to oppose a partial resistance by roll-ing themselves up and trusting to the protection oftheir armor. The natives and colonists consider themgreat delicacies when roasted in their shells. The Ant-eater. This curious animal inhabits Guiana,Brazil, and Paraguay. As its name imports, it livesprincipally upon ants and termites, which it procures inprecisely the same manner as was related of the Manis.Its short legs and long claws would lead an observer tosuppose that its pace was slow and constrained, butwhen chased it runs off with a peculiar trot, and withsuch rapidity that it keeps a horse to its speed to over-take it. The tongue of this animal looks exactly like a greatred worm, and when the creature is engaged in devour-ing its food, the rapid coiling and twisting of the tongueadd in no small degree to the resemblance. The claws are very long and curved, and as they areused in tearing down the habitation of the termites orwhite ants, as they are called, are exceeding strong.

Text Appearing After Image: 6C P H 6OPh H w woods natural history 109 They are placed on the foot in such a manner thatwhen the animal is walking its weight rests on the out-side of the fore-feet and the outer edge of the claws,which make a great clattering if the Ant-eater is walk-ing upon a hard surface. When it sleeps, it lies on one side, rolls itself up,so that its snout rests on its breast, places all its feet

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.