The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1881-06-07
FACTS ron THE CURIOUS.

Cn1iHR1 seed Vim germinate when
twenty years gid.
Tin title, hard coated flSh called he
helix espaFsia has been known - i've 81
year ont q water ithout toOd:
TIM nltnrea " Africa IN d1iiscos . y
dead animal IS soon Is it falls, from
heights viewless 10 the human eye.
THE lions teeth are 90 strong that be,
easily breaks the bones 81 his prey, and
swallows them with the rest of the body.
TIN mechanic stenographar i the lat
est invention under particular notice in
Paris. II beats the best professional
short hand writers. . Y Ii .F 81 e
Ar1aBR has been known Is CRY tol
bis den buffalo weighing twice as
much as himself, throwing the anima1
over hfs shoulder as afox does guUse.,
TIM most poisonous snakes appear to
possess q perfect immunity from the
poison Of their own species, and ae0nGd-
cradle immunity from that of other binds.
A RECENT calculation Of Prof. Gelkie's
puts the species Of English mammals 1T
forty, 81 reptiles 1T thirteen, of Iaad
birds at 139 0f towering plants and
ferns !, 425 species are now known.
WoaEN never appeared upon the stage
among the ancierlts Their parts we're
represented byp men until as ihte IS
1862, when Charles II. first encouraged
their public appearances. Il 1900
In birds distinguished fer their power
fpfs flight, thegair fills the bones, sur
rounds, the Viscera, nlsinuates itseM be-
tween the muscles, and buoys up The en-.
itireakin, 30 that the whole body III In
fated like . balloon.
n, So FIXED and certain are the, dates Of
departing and returning with many
species Of birds, thai, In certain Eastern
| countries at the present day, alInarlacs
are timed and bargains struck upon the
| data they supply. z sssit |. u sssta Y
lisTaR weight of the largest brain on
record is said to- be sixty5seVens ounces |;
the smallest that Of q woman weighed
but two ounces and i've grains. Cuviers
brain IA has, seldom been equaled In
weight, tits noted al, 64. B ounces. The
brain of James Fisk, Jr., was consii Tered
unusually large, its weight slightly ex-
.ceeding sffty-four ounces. Yet IL was
ten ounces below that Of Culver, and
thirteen ounces lighter than the heaviest
known. att3ahz aI1aT Oh 4i ii ff5fis5
Il WHEN the behring's migrate from
south to north they travel III such num-
bers that their shoals, says Kirby, con-
ssist Of millions Of myriads, and are many
leagues nwidth, many fathoms in depth
and so dense that the fish touch each
other. This stream ntinues to moves OF
rapid rate for months. IA pair Of her
rings, says Button, If left undisturbed
for twenty years, would produce b
progeny whose bulk would equal that Of
the entire globe, s.o@, 4ts 81
In certain parts Of the East q curious
mode Of capturing elephants is some
times adopted. A trained elephant will
first be taught to walk on a narrow path
between two pitfalls which are covered
with turf and then it will be taken into
lithe woods, ia order that it may deeoy
thegwild herd into the neighborhood Of
| the snares. The /" decoy" elephant,
having succeeded in the latter pur-
pose, will next, We are told, walk slowly
round and close to the traps, and then
suddenly hasten forward, as though
l Irlgnten6d, ana proceed saIely past hho
pitfalls, in which some Of the wild eie-
| plants are almost certain. to become en-
tangled ID their attempts ia follow after
hin Dr. Darwin, who gtells IN ~ this
4 mc.hod .ol cnpi NE. edyp tlHax II anS 81
| th6 Wild herd be fortunate enough ID
escape frora tho traps, they never tail, il
possible, to pursue the traitor who Iiad
endeayored to- decoy them, and to have
revenge upon him; and sometimes they
have been known, in their rage, to beat
one to death. :: ...'7f7... '''. 9S