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Title: Portraits at the zoo
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Velvin, Ellen
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Publisher: Frowde
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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are very seldomseen by day in their native countries. The home of aHyaena is something like himself—dirty and very unplea-sant. He generally lives in a cave, some rocky cavern, or,what he seems particularly fond of, the remains of old ruins. 27 THE BROWN HY^NA In the ruined temples and palaces of India Hyaenas arealways slinking about by night; and in the old cities of thenorthern coast of Africa which were once occupied by veryrich people, the ruins of some of the splendid houses arenow occupied only by the Hyaenas, who slink in and out ofthe shadows, occasionally howling or laughing, and makingthe whole place weird and terrible. The spotted Hyaena is the only Hyaena that laughs, andhis laugh is even worse than the howlings of his relations.But his laughing is not from pleasure or happiness: it isfrom sheer rage and passion. Give a spotted Hyaena a pieceof meat, and then take it away, and he will laugh in a mosthorrible manner. The brown Hyaena only howls; but hedoes it well! 28 \
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THE ZEBRA rather rough coats with cloudy-looking stripes; long delicatelegs and feet; beautiful little heads and necks; and funnylittle bushy, woolly-looking tails just like those on woodentoy horses. When first born, they look very slim and frail,and stagger feebly about; but soon they become very lightand graceful in their movements, always keeping quite closeto their mother. Mother Zebras are very devoted to their little ones, butthey are also exceptionally fierce and savage at this time;their sharp quick eyes will glance round in all directionsin an uneasy manner, and their strong white teeth snaptogether at the first sign of an intruder or stranger. For,although the Zebra is such a beautiful, soft, velvety-lookingcreature, even to its nose, it has a fierce, obstinate and mostsavage nature. It will not only kick out viciously, but bitewith terrible results with its strong teeth. Some are peculi-arly spiteful and vindictive, even to those who feed and takecare of them day by day. I

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