Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09
ANNALS AND THEIR WAYS.
. RenarIxabIe Extinct Specimen Dis
covered In the south

4 Remarkable Extinct specimen DIS
covered in the south.
Among the most remarkable oil all eX-
.-1rt animals vet discovered, says the
xaw York World, may be named the Lu
.,,fon. This ancient archaeological
feature was. once an inhabitant OF the
-,st Iaqo0ns that once existed near the
mouth Of the Mississippi river. He was
s,-rI in the great limestone beds in the
SAFE Of Alabama, where in solid rock ne
---o=ad ent0med for at least a thousand
INJURIES. His great body passed into
-..a= and ashes, and the mold which
5=--- made by his skeleton filed with car
t.~7-a of lime and became solid. So the
-siebrgted DR.. Koch, the great German
-1IaortlllEist, found this immense reptile
r r0adescript. He was not snake, not
! ssb. not an alligator; but yet he had
-lrt= that resembled all these creatures.
tfis fossil remains (Once on exhibition in
= Louis. but finally destroyed in the
.rie4r1 tireL which were fac-similes of
- homes. measured los feet from his nose
= the end of his tail. There is no living
1-pvtinct animal that had a head any
-5inr ike him. 1t was 10 feet long, the
avs E feet. They were armed with teeth
similar % those OF the Narwsl whale.
mo circumference of his body at the
-hirkest part could not have been less
-h4n q feet. He was provided with an
excuse for "a scapUla OF shoulder blade;
1fhis was added a tumerus upper bone
ID the arm and a small radius and Ulna
frHe two lower bones Of the arm and two
ortbree phalanges similar 10 the bones Of
the human hand. This appendage could
r0t have been Of much use in prOpelling
tba monster. That work was undoubtedly
done bv his vast eel-like tail, which was
guite sixty feet IN length. As a fighter,
tbs fellow could certainly have van
suished all corners. He could have
chewed the largest alligator with as much
ease as a sea bass would swallow ness
bunker
INC Nastod0n or MissOurium wac a
bu-e elephant without trunk, at least
not such a snOut as the elephants we have
10 this age. He was q grass-eater and
lived in the vast prairies WhicI reach
f-gm Western New York directly west to
The foothills Of the Rocky Mountains.
We fud his bones in a good state of pres
aryatiOn only little way beneath the
surface. showing that he IS Of recent ORR
ru as compared with those gigantic fOs-
SIS which are all stone. These animals
nave filed their places in nature, and
suitable 90 their existence they became
extinct So it Will be in the flight of CEN
tares; animals that live now Will pass
away.
STRENGTH AND AGILITY.
Hw0uId be useless TO speculate upon
ievast number of fishes and reptiles of
the seas that have become extinct, as the
Oceans present no method by which its
i-azens can be petrified or fOssilized;
t-- that there have been more fishes that
Lave become extinct than there have been
O. animals there can be no question.
The peculiar construction of some quad
--peis presents a number Of problems
which as vet our greatest comparative
alat1mists have not been able to give any
solution.
know Of 70 living thing that will
compare with the common flea in strength
llI agility. A flea, One-siXteenth Of an
heb il length. can jump a distance of
y inches. This is 500 times its length. If
Ta should require a siX-fOOt man 10 jump
= times his length he would have to
lana 1920 feet from where he left the
ground.
Cur common gray rabbit is one OF the
less jumpers we have. IL is very easy TO
measure the strides OF this nimble little
.ll1W iu a slight fall Of snow. When he
splshed by 4 swift dOg his jumps on level
ground are about 9 feet clear. In proper
ulu To lenStn, q horse, TO jump as far as
1ra15It would have to clear 81 feet at a
lump. There is no quadruped that has
such powerful muscles in his quarters as
le rabbit and none excel him in the mus
els OF his l0in and back.
me horse, on the contrary. cannot jump
more than - feet. LOngfellcw jumped
l-s distance IN all his great races. No
Doubt the great Miss WOOdford can and
l1es jump 70 and y feet in her best races.
Goldsmith Maid stepped with her hind
Ael i, ieet when she was going at 2:l5
lL
II Is said that Flying Dutchman, a trOt-
" under the saddle Of the Olden time,
Stepped - feet. Ii Mr.. Bonner should
--dsuFe the stride Of Maud ;. he would
-.l t not less than 20 feet.
he gated horse, next to the galIODing
,-- VIII be found to be the PAGER. His
-1l-l Is y feet when going his best. A
Tag, taking MS size, OUUumps a horse.
.s well known, too, that d man is supe-
i-lf IN strength, endurance and agility to
IS horse As traveller man holds the
-s- place in the ranks Of all animals that
move over the surface OF the earth.
mound mole eXcelS all other animals in
Strength, Jaw and shoulder. His business
% elt roots and dig. He is put together
WIN reference 60 the very kind of business
Y -ul lim engaged in. If human beings
esle organized and adapted 10 their Oc-
t-lols as well as animals are to theirs
Y would have more successful people in
a world than we now have. A battle
"a" zen male mOles generally ends with
Il uel-l ul both animals. but such fights
,7Fy triiling compared with a flea
~ llese insects strew the ground
w each others limbs. An examination
t-t microscope Of a flea after a battle
'-'"s What these diminutive creatures
4pdl.e Of doing.
- theory with which we are acquaint-
-4-colnts for the force we find IN differ
Y. ANNALS. But it is shown that size is
.-e measure Of the quality of force.
Z. .i-.5sriug to animals Of peculiar ana
A construction the "pOssum" is
p lAe most wonderful. He is of the
-lll senus-i. G., with a false belly
-tl. wherein TO suckle the young,
-s9 a place Of safety for them. The
81 % CESSATION Of the 'pOssum is not
r..-; For the reason that il is claimed
~ l-e young ones are YOided directly
-- pouch, where they remain, and
r-! 5IlW on the teats of the mother.
-sie informed by naturalist who
e,.iaa tissecti2n Of a female 'pOssum
~, Nuld Young ones about two inches
- 41-s-ened firmly on the teats; so at
49, ere t1eY that a dissection had to
80 % get them of. The young ones
49,! "eaned when there is no longer
- !. y,lsl Tor them IN the pouch. They
a -i---lAt llelr way outside, but in case
49, 49,. ~ OF am emergency the little ones
49, ,l "a. OF the pouch, and are at once
1 CO 0y the mother.
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