The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-02-18
NATURE = KIND MOTHER.
some OF the Curious Methods by which
she Mends Animal Injuriea.

Some OF the Curious Methods by WHICH
Hhe Mends Animal Injuries.
How many weak aud timid Great
ures there are In the world. with Meth
or teeth and claws for their protection.
arlnor for their defense. nor speed
with which TO escape their enemies!
Que can hardly understand why they
have not all been killed and eaten up
long ago, Nature is, however, kinder
TO these poor animals than sine seems;
for II she has left them derenseless
against attack. she has given them q
marvellous power OF recovery from In
turies.
When a tiny lizard has 10 scamper
for his life tn search OF crack In tie
rock. be often has 80 close CALI
that his pursuer snaps on his tail just
as he whisks into safety. A loss like
this would kill most larger animals,
but NOT the little lizard lie simply
waits round quietly until a new tail
grows aud then Is as we'll on as be-
fore. except that the new tail has
| flexible rod OF cartilage where the Old
one had a backbone,
IL an eaEthwoFgn happens to be re-
tirlng 20 his hoie when 4 robin 10 out
looking for breakfast. there Is apt 10
/ be a lively tng OF war between the
rdteF aud the breakfast. Not iufTe-
/ queugiy the bird sels thg tail esd %
/ lar worm, white the other half cFawls
away into safety not even a lizard
/ cJuiI survive such treatment as thaA,
/ but the earthW0rm Is. ia ability 10 70
I coyrg fgom injuries a.mgat els much
superior 70 tire lizard as the lizard il
I to u.s. tir grows new balf aoIy 20
7 reglace ghr uue whteh has been de
[ yuuEs1 ANA sssns % HlpI bis .asu az
/ uDrv thaa ua3 salads hlylHs L.s hnir
I r4E
There are. besides tsme sH1iiHke
alsrwaras wh.ea quite uI.lp The
/ ~artlWoHu Ga beating np ssa-lag Mte-
I furIuhr II one OF gLese chances tD
l5s- bic entire head. la a Nv-E os co.
I sguraHes gH euiy four or ave days~-
be s-vUa urW ONE braiu. rges. aud
aG aad Is az well gu 80 ever Even
n hungry ash gvts two biyrs ~ him.
80 that be iaasss b0th bead ard taii.
the @orm eaa patch himself out uith
new mem1e~a and ~ ab0ut Ala basi'
ness AZ bes They hayr even bs~a
ku1un 20 set dGt hari tuy5 tgss pisces
about equal ID sta- and eeeh piers
grow q aeu hHlf BODY ~ that there
w~re tWo vuEygr worms "a place %
one
After tAls It wtlt saaIiy be guessed
that II the head cad Of tie worm hap
p-us 10 be apjIs haif way down b. viii
..Yw two Hrw sides and become T.
SHAPED with two heads Or II the 'su
rnI l. split new uidss Erow and q two
tltl-d worm L. made spmctluen Ubs
or tEo rrs hsasta dsve,op Gloss brblnd
the oat.ons in the anxjs % tho y. tn
drvI, tue little erVatarp seruAa % have
sorS ~ mania fug making nww h~uhs
and fnita y hvfvfer be HhAa a chance
II. There sssf the woFn, after rvrriv.
lnE several wauwts. manages 20 80.
cape with h.s Elfe gTpm the cu.A which
happen 10 op3u forward. Nitlr heads
grow our AMI from thoss op~uing bach.
ward ulsin tails tn doubt greatly 70
biz ruhaEra asmaut
but what Of the cut oG heads and
tara2 10 thsy make uew bodies and
brvoae whole animals aEalu1 Not
usually. J. e H0FTfTsi hNHa hr"Gua 10
become CONFUSED. - that u d0~a not
, know what To DO n lives u "a nloat
/ apt 90 produce another head lac itself.
and change into fwo hrada placed p~ck
to neck ~ that they l~sk IN opposite
directions NJ. too. Tho severed tail.
I equally foolish. doubles ltselS and b.
, comes two useless tails growing end
TO end
, Hut isn't this rraIly quite jrupnasi
p blr1 A head or tail or even a half.
p body cannot get fpod n n cannot eat
q canuot grow and that Il all thsra
d q. about r. Well. u l. true that a
a fragment cannot eat Rut Htill Il cnn
make the nov part out ~ tie own ia
y sue So tho animal kcvpn getting
= smattrr a. II teeeHez Havr nearly
! complete uutti whrn The now part -
j. anJshft. the whole body may DO no
< more thau the tenth part NJ lfa proper
size The rs-unatvurteI animals ars
- therefore forced 90 begin jifn over
to again ike Ta1nz worms On time.
however. they grow up 20 full slze.
i" When n bead end makes now head
g. instead - tall. Of q tall makes n new
10. tail instead II a head. tho little crCat-
to uroz must necessarily waste away and
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