St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-07-30
THE PAMPAS.
LIFE IN SOUTH AMERIC
GRASSY DESERT.
Snake Huntin" ArmadiIloS and
Wrestling Frog -The Fierce Puma
and its Fear Of Nan

and its Fear Of Nan.
Dnr of the most interesting regions OF
| the world is tie grassy desc of the
! Argentine. known aS the "pamp0s.
which extends half way across SputIl
| America from the Atlantis" Ocean a
| vast plain without trees, lakes or rivers.
! bearing Il strange and wonderful fauna.
| Lacking these features Of variety the
region las no aspects OF grandeur and
the dead level affords no appearance Of
extended space. At sea, ii persons cv"
being six feet above the surface Of the
water his horizon is only two miles and
four-ttths distant. On land. in per
tectIy flat country, the limits of ob>cr
Walton are equally contrac ted. People
born and bred on the "pampas' whom
they first visit u mountainous district
experience painful sensations from
viewing the widely extended earth
around them.
One Of the most plentiful species of
mammals is the strange arlnndil0, one Of
the most ancient Of surviving creatures,
which was contemporary with the gig
antic glyptodon and colossal mcoathcr-
ium. 1t figures onspicuouslv in the
fables current among the natives, being
represented as Il crt azure fertile i'll ex-
pcdicnts and duping other animals,
especially tie fox, Just as ''Br er Rabbit
does Snakes, ycnomous or otherwise,
are its fay oritc prey, and it kills them
by actuaIIv saving them i'll two with the
ser-atcd edges of its sharp, bonv shell
The bites Of the serpent make no i'm
preston upon its enemy, probably
proof against the venom, ike The mon
goose. Snakes OF the pampas have many
foes. llcrons and stcrks swallow them
whole. The SUI pur "tyraut bird picks
up the Young serpent hy the tail and
uses it like a tail against Il branch or
stone until its life is battered out An
other destroyer is the great iguana lizard,
which kills snakes by striking them with
its powerful tail. itself rendered in
vulnerable by its coat of armor The
iguana has been known t. as>ail with
great fcrocity a Insso trHiled from q sad
die along the ground, installing it for a
giant ophidian.
Frogs Ill other parts Of the world are
among the most inotfcnsivc OF animals
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