The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18
IRIS 0rEER now THEY Ear.
the Oysters heard. the w"~sss'ecAss :
Tongue. the isrsgsnn,-s Disrsaisn-

The way some creatures eat ~ certainty
enough tn interest even "A more curious
! person than l.. said the man who nEss -
talk about nature and the manners and
customs III natures creatures. for
instance. what do you think 81 thing
that eats with IL whiskers,
L am Speaking IL the oyster. and my
! reference to ia whiskers ~ simply Jocuiar
although in fact mean its heard. Inc
oyster eats with its beard. IN" b-'lru
OF the oyster. so-called. - really Its month";
it, Jaws its teeth. lie palate.
-Yon and ! wouldn't care tn have such
a combination OF g,Istatory activity IN oui
beard but the oyster gets "a good deal oI
enj oyment out OF life with that com
prehensive attachment just the same
have u psychological friend who declares
that even death is a pleasure 10 the oyster
that parting with life between the bon
wants teeth. it expires in ecstacy
hope my friend Is right. IL he IL. l will
give mortuary delight To "A dozen Lynn
hav.ns this evening, IL | can get them.
Then consider the woodpeCker. Tap
tap. tap h. says. chnging Ia the stein
of the true. Hist, he says. turning his
ear Ia the bark and listening. Ha, ha
Mr.. Grub, lie hears you foollshly moving
at the sound OF has tap. Ratty-te-tap
Tatty tie tap. R-r-r-r-r-rap' R-r-r-r-r-rap
Like "A drum beating IN the morning.
straight to the mark. true a. drill "r
aug,r goes than unerring bcak. Quicker
than either drill or augur II taps the spot
il il aimed for.
But the straight. sharp h"ak can
never follow the frightened grub IN its
eccentric tunneiling. II doesn't have
to- Tn. woodpeck.r has t"nSu"
long. round, flexible. sensitive ana b'.ru"d
Ink. a FIiian's spear A lhrtpt nf u al
the laryar trail, transhXrd grub a
NOR sci for the CRIMSON crow hird =
palate. well earned and never missed.
Whatever 1t may h. that ia" lobster 'h''
the crab. raTacious, never dainty, ar" EAT inr
they always See -oinet hing 'lr" that they
want and cant wait until they have mast
Gated Ia. first before attacking IN" SECOND.
But they don't give up tn" hrst. not 10y
any manner vi means.
MATURE. humoring this rapa"irlIs bent
has fitted the lobster and tn" crab Win
teeth IN their stomach-, and they swallow
heir half rnastIcated food and iiniS h
he chewing PROCESS with their stOnart-
while they seize and chew he other tning
crabs HAY. ma teeth IN their mouths.
They chew with their claws what they
have time To and hand the unfinished
Job down Ia their stonachs - de- tu"
rest of the chewing
-'Th. gras-hopp"r ian { "A chicken. al
though il lays oggs but il hG.s a gIzzard
49, a chicken has. except that IN. gra~>-
hoppers gizzard has teeth. sharp. horny
La' GA
The butterfly has "a d.licai" and he. ~
tihI litLl. pump inside of itself. with
which 10 pumps nectar from III" flowers
The dragon fys apTs ute u never -atIs-
fed. although thai amazing insect. with
it's 5O.W1 microscopic eyes, eats c"ntInn-
o,sly from daylight until dark. Capturin <
thousands upon thousands Of flies and
other noXious insects during IN" day
but IN. digcstiv" apparatus Of th" dragon
fy il such thai all IL takes into ~ long
stomach ~ digsSIed Instantly
Tho pPiicnt OK and Its SWEET breath. d
kind crop IN" grass ell dry hut never
know they have hr.n eating urth tie
food they hav" boltsd has passed l"i-ur' ~
through Lhr... stomach- and ~ tired heck
a. them from . fourth on" IN ~" shaI.'
Of the familiar cud. which "a. ! chew and
chew standing III tia. shad". p"ud"r'ug
and whisking fires or hump-d w ~ tl"
barnyard. sh' doing snow
YES. ve ar" queer. queer CT' HttIr'.S
all of us brIt" and human And MANY
Of us are oue.rost when we eat