The Portland daily press., 1898-01-08

AiOIli lUS SHlS QutaNabIo III NliC dOAlcN tA~S
and makes foraging trips about the coun-
try-the warmth engenderod by the mud
ding colony arousing one or more OF lts
members from their lethargy for the
time. Woodchucks hibernate in pairs,
but never knew one of these proven
DAILY sleepy creatures to leave Its hole
until warm weather camc-in spite OF
the alleged practice it has of coming out
invariably on the second day of February
to tx tho weather for the rest of the win
ter L took the trouble once to dig II t. o
woodchuck' S burroW on Candlemas day
and warm, cloudy day it was; just
such Il day when the ground hog Is SAID
to come ont OF his hole and stay out.
/ found two woodchuoks i'll the burrow
with no more sign Of life about them
than if they had been shot and killed.
From all outward aFpsarH noes / could
have taken THEM out and a game OIL
football with them Withou. their know
ing it; ,,,.,., :. only n.rta, ,,,n.rnotors.
from the fact that they work all summer
and fall, storing great quantities of food
to supply them when hunger wakes
/ them IN during the wintcr, II needed
they spend much of heir time in sleep.
SQUIRRELS are systematic and long headed
providers for the emergencies OF long
winter, and not only stow away their IA
vorite food in one grand storehouse, but
also make deposits of it in other places,
so that if one granary or nuttery is de-
stroved or becomes exhausted the caches
can be depended upon. When the snow
has lain on the ground late In the spring
holes NAV. be seen in it at various places
in the woods where squirrels have dug
1 down through it to reach the nuts OF
grain or acorns buried in the ground
three months before for just such an
| emeroency The instinct with which
| l0c1fa crIfsh gn0fE.
covered as they are with may be a foot or
more of snow, is unerring and marvel
/ Ious. II the snow should happen to be
| tbickly coyerd with crust the squirrels
are unable to dig through 1t, and it IS
no rare thing, toward the end OF an I'M
usually long winter, for woodsmen to
| finds quirrels dead on the crust where
they had been digging desperately to I'M
cover the cache below, the supplies at
the main store having become exhausted.
| "a curious phenomenon OF Information,
1 according to Prof Browne, is shown in
an animal called the loir, native OF
Senegal. This animal never hibernates
| in Its native cline, but every specimen
that was ever brought to Europe became
torpid as soon as exposed TO Inc COLL ta,
The common land tortoise, no matter
where it may be, and 1t is a voracious
feeder goes 90 sleep in November and
does not wake up again until May. Inc
1 hedgehog goes to sleep aS soon as the
| weather gets cold and remains in I'M
| broken slumber six months.
| sAt the beginning OF cold weather
bats begin to huddle together In puncnes
4 in hollow trees, dark corners In deserted
| houses, and In caves and crevices In the
rocks. They gradually lose all sensi-
bility, and continue in q comatose state
until the return of genuine warm wealth
er. When you see the first bat OF the
4 season futtering at night fall you can DC
sure that warm weather has come to stay
The little hooks at the end OF one OF the
| Joints of each wing are what the bal
hangs itself up by when 1t goes to sleep
whether for day or for months. When
the bats are clustering for Information
one Of the number hangs itself up by III
hooks, head downward, and the others
cling to 1t. 1t is on record that sixty
bats have been found In one cluster, the
entire weight OF the lot being sustained
| by the one bat olinging with its hooks TIC
| whatever it had fastened them to at the
start-a weight of at least ten pounds
| The position of the central bat in such
cluster would be like that of man hang.
! ing to something by his thumb nails and
supporting the weight of fifty mine other
men. So completely Is animation sus
pended in the bat during the cold months
4 that no test yet applied has induced 1T tC
4 oaoW uiio Aofsso SA6A .I-E- =. a.
/ have been lncioseo Dy tne nouT IA 4. ai =,
tight glass Jars ana noo parelo1 S =, tns
oxygen III tiio Jais naS 49, snaxu;,.ss tha,
when they were taken OUT, showing uha'
the bats had not Dreamed. .4,
| AS cold drives certain animals: nnseo ~
and reptiles 70 state .. torpiu,ty, p
heat and laeK OF water pl'ng apoau Vns
same condltlon IN ooners. ms a, "a &C., y,
reptile that haperhates, OF eoes W slsei
In cold weather, arraHges lts pooy 80 Cna
1T will conduce TO tne greatesS WARMTH
while these that essivete, OF pscoIne .or
p1d IN warm "eatner, Plaoe EIiensoise,
IN POSITIONS thab snow tnao Onsy wal
oil the cooiness the eilmaee wan perAlp
The tenrlc, tropical amman, catnisor
Gus and lnsectiverous. becomes les torp 3es
during the greates5 neat, anu AIes on Az
back with It's poay drawn 70 ies greaIes'
length, ana lts limbs spfSeau wiu9 apai !.
Snakes estivate IN me SCUM, AZ kin n.y.
together, Just as snahes nIpe1u ns ~ viz
North, put insteau OF ToLlig cnenseiy "
IN great paiis, an .Vne NorGnern SNAKES u ~
they lie slngiy' anu s'retonOa 70 uneir iui
length.
want OF water VIII cause ene comhio o
garden snail To go 5nSo suaIe VI one
most complete ana curious leonarey
Ihls ~ 1ne snail u .n1 snus LIZ ,nisa' "i ~
not the larger one ocenegenus nenA. ~
1 the latter Gno p06nCul6QOu VI GlDBFuaUlOI