New Britain herald., 1923-01-09

1 the curator thonoraryl araehnida, | American Museum Of Natural His.
 tory. New York. He is the chairman
 Of the society of comparative physi.
 elogy. He has translated into Rns-
 sian Ryron's Manfred and into Eng
 fish. Leonid Andrews To the sol-
 dier.' He is the author Of Gedanken uber Vcrerbung.' and Free Will.' He made q complete index catalogue of spiders Of North, Central and South America in 1911. He has also com pletcd Terrestrial paieozoic Araeh- nida of North America. 1913: Nor pology of fnvertebrato Types. 1916. Hc is the author of The Russian Revolution published 1917 IL is with great pleasure that I introduce Professor Alexander Pctrunkevitch." !"
 The speech. in Part.
 He said in part:
 Tt isn't very often that l have a chance to talk to a group of young men like you. I sometimes feel that some of my students at Yale come because they have to and not because they like the lectures. In this case it is different. I know you boys like to have me come because Of the in- terest manifested here. If you know how and what to look for in the ani- maj world. you will find many won ders you have heretofore not seen. There are marvels all around you in the air--on earth and in the waters. It is in existence every where. If you will only study na- ture you will acquire the knowledge that makes life interesting. In the olden days, one who studied bugs was a queer long-legged individual whom all looked on with suspicion. Today it is not so. Men who make the study of bugs their life work, at times save millions of dollars worth of crops, humanity from dis ease and the world many times from unknown diseases caused by tiny it- tie animals in the blood on the hu- man body.
 Whale the Largest.
 "The zoologist is in great demand today. If you will come with an open mind you will see the many open to you. We will first | talk about the largest animals in | size. The Dinosaur, a prehistoric | animal now on exhibition at the Museum of Natural History, is by no means the largest. The largest anil | nal is yet alive. The whale, meas- uring S5 feet in length. 20 feet in l width, and 25 feet in height is many times found. Sometimes they weigh | several thousand tons.
 The whale feeds on tiny little ami mals in the sea, but in enormous quantities. It is the largest of the mammals alive today. The cuttle- fish is another almost as large in size as the whale. This has eight long arms. These arms are tiny little vacuum cups, causing a suction when attacking other mammals of the sea. It is an enemy of the whale. Many battles are waged on the seas by -hese two, the whale usually devour- l menace to small vessels at sea. It will attack many times and upset small vessels, devouring its inmaIs
 The Smallest Animal.
 Turning from the largest to the smallest of the animals, we find the malaria bug, Malaria is caused by Tn animal parasite, better known as germ It exists and thrives best in ne human body in the blood cor ,uscles. There are five million blood 'orpuscles in one drop of blood. One lrop of blood can contain enough malaria germs to kill off three times he population of New York city.
 Coming back to the whale. we ind that it is comparatively weak or its size. You ask me what is he liveliest animal? I will say the ommon every day flea. The flea can ut-jump any and all animals fin xistence. flea will jump from hree to five hundred feet. One can md much entertainment studying a ca under a strong magnifying glass. is as funny as a circus clown. A ca can be trained to perform all . inds of acrobatic stunts z l think the common every day ant the strongest of the animals. Ii an lift many times It's own weight.
 One ant will do so times the work a man. Now these are narvels of ze and strength.
 You might also look for beauty in le animal life Of the world. There ou would find the most beautiful and -aceful In existence. Now take the ork. I don't mean the common angle orm Of the garden variety. but the orm. ] don't mean the common angie d, blue and purple, you find real 'auty and color impossible for human ords to describe. If you will go 'eper into the animal world you will 'te the birds of the air. The further uth one goes the more beautiful ey are. Birds Of greatest beauty ist in the tropics. Their feathers ntain all the colors of the rainbow d then some. The parrot Of all rds is the most beautiful. and the rds of the Americas are the most ,nderful.
 The Garden Toad. gi Take the common garden toad, ., sthsome creature but very valuable. Ie toad will change it's color to any ckground. This animal alone is a eat marvel of the whole animal