Evening star., 1911-05-28

sideways, and always trying TO disprove
the fact that no two bodies can occupy
the same space at the same time.
The sympathy of the Zoo visitor always
goes out to polar bears at this season OF
the year.
How they must suffer-! has become an
oft repeated exclamation out there. But
for the benefit OF those who are wasting
codes OF regret be IL known that bears
rarely are FRUSTRATED from heat That
distinction belongs to the black bears
of Virginia Living in the dense
shade of their woods they are unaccus-
toned to the glaring heat OF MONDAY
and have several times mad sun stroke.
In the arctic Ii is not always cold.
There is no night from June 10 August
and the sun Is always above the horizon
The weather is warm then, and Yet they
do not mind. What they do not under
stand is shade. In the white light OF the
polar regions there is never a shadow.
So the bears lie on that same concrete
which froze the little fur seals toes. ana
1t burns them until they shrie:< with dis
comfort. They have no instinct about
resting in the shade. since nature took
no thought of zones in her planning, and
they cannot grasp its Importance.
Down at the base OF the hill where the
beavers have their habitation, all is activ-
ity. They are the Yankees of the animal
world. working whether the day be cool
have taken their dam to pieces and are
rebuilding it much nearer to their hearts
DESIRE
The seals not provided with fur were
darting busily about with a surplus Of
energy, and the attendants said they have
little trouble with them in hot weather
although they come from a cool cline.
In the lair of the Eskimo dogs the
atmosphere was one Of patient endurance
The meat supply Of these ''huskies'has
to be materially decreased for summer
and they drink much water. Looking
upon their rugged forms one could sum-
mon visions of snowstorms on the trail
bowling winds and straining dogs What
they really saw was q kennel in which
they lay disconsolate. with weary eyes
and painting tongue. Their strength en-
ables them to endure the summer. but
they do not like 1t, and no amount OF at
tention by the Zoo people can reconcile
them to the loss of their bracing north
country.
With sharp-pointed noses. half OBJ
lique eyes and shaggy coats they re-
semble the wolf. Only In the placid way
they lay prone in front of their houses
was the canine nature revealed, and In
the adjoining yard the wolves padded up
and Town. Neither the heat nor sunlighs
could subdue their nervousness. Nor did
that mean they were necessarily unhappy.
1t was the wolf nature.
They want to be let alone on q hot
day." an attendant explained, and aside
from feeding them and looking after the
condition Of their ground, We give them
their wish"
Such animals as these have permanent
cages and remain there all the year
round
In 1892, when the Zoo was merely an
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had it's habitation down back of that
building, such groups as these would
have attracted attention, but the present
one covers such an area and such varied
attractions are to be found nearer the
cars, that the multitude does not care to
visit these friends and enemies of those
who tired the lonely places. Not that the
wolves mind. Such audiences. with a
barrier between, only annoy them, but the
dogs grow lonely for the compansionship
of man.