The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-17
R,v te Trained Hunter Being Fed His Chow Through
Trap-Door in His Muzzle.

scian. A series Of buttons rigged up to
bells present somewhat the appearance OF
the manual of piano. In this number he
actually picks ont the notes of musical
piece, nodding his head when he presses
the right one and growing softly to HIM
self If he by any chance plays the wrong
note. He really seems pleased at his
capability. and 'instinctively knows when
he is not giving the proper performance.
"As to the speed of the sea.llon under
water" said Trainer Huling, # am of the
opinion that for short distances he can
swim almost as fast as porpoise. He
uses much The same style, travelling
short distance under the water, and then
coming ND for air to descend again i'm.
mcdiately Considering the average speed
of a submarine under water 10 be about
twelve to fourteen miles an hour, it ap'
pears to me that the fullgrown sea-lion
can easily catch and pass q submarine II
within reasonable distance Of the vessel at
the start do not believe that he main.
tain this rate OF speed over stretch. OF
hours. but for short distances his speed is
fully equal To this rate.
The sca-lion is rot 4 deep-sea animal.
This is shown by the natural habitat OF
this species. They are found mostly In
shallow water. where they can come up on
a pile Of rocks 10 sun themselves and
sleep. or course i is sometimes neces-
sary for them to descend to the depths in
search Of food. hut inasmuch as five min
III as is the lcmecsr time they can stay
under waer ii is unlikely that they are
in the habit OF RCinr far below the surface
CXCcnt when very hungry.
While the sca.lion belongs to the seal
family, there arc important distinctions
between tie frst-named animal and the
fnr-scal. The sea.Elon has distinct external
cars. while the iur-Seal has only holes In
his head FOR hearing. The sea.lion has
thick hair. but not fur like the fur-seal.
The sea-lion's hind 1ppers can be turned
forward for walking. and, therefore, 1t has
much better powers Of movement on land
than the seal. whose hind nippers are
turned backward and can hardly be used
except for swimming. The fur-seal moves
on land by Il jumping process. The sea-
lion has a sharper nose than the seal ana
short. sharp. dog-like bark quite dlstinc-
tive among sea creatures.
The sea-l!on is so called because 1t has
small name about its neck. which. how
ever only becomes noticeable when the
animal Is quite dry.
4 very interesting fact about the seals
is that they are all fond Of music. In
wild state they will always come UP and
listen 70 n man who is playing music.
They have an extra development Of the
transparent covering Of The eye, which en-.
ables. them to sec much better under water
than the purely land animals.
The degree of intelligence of every ami
NAL appears to depend largely on the pos
I3rf nI
winning the battle Of life.
Looked at from this point OF view. the
sea-lion is sptndidiy equipped by nature,
for he has a long wonderfully flexible
neck. with jaws fitted with sharp teeth for
Selling things. The animal has an excep-
tionally large brain for It's size.
Surely the under-sea pirates must have
despaired when they found that even the
sea animals were lighting against them.