Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28
Why Animals
Ought To Sue us
For SANDER

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X Gardens much annoyed falschoods people
spread about animals every day Of their lives and 10
most disturbed about tho ISLANDERS spread about the snake
he wants people to realize the debt they the much
magrcd serpent Thanks 20 the snake countless mice
frogs ana grasshopp,s constantly being dcyourcd
Dr Conant laughs al the phrase evil clevcrncss the
snake because he has found that II il practically
existent He insists that snakes do have the power
things being but 30 very
stupid things and although they have many good Instincts
they have reasoning powers whatsoever
Or Couant is tired Of hearing people say that
owl that woman sheds crocodile tears.
or would stab her friends IN The back because she IS snake
grass Director Couant wants people 10 realize that
the lore they their daily lives
Is based ON fable rather than science Ec says that
trained zooogist knows that the Owl is not blessed "l'h
wisdom ostrchcs have known 10 stick thor
sand you got warts on your fingers
quilts Eagles do not ny around suatchUE babies from
their mothers snakes do not milk cows ana bats don't settle
"a womcu's hair h. would like convince anyone
that hawks should hc shot sight and that bite
the tarantula spider by mo- means fatal.
Try telling people that country th'rc only
four types Of poisonous snakes and that these four arc
found mostly in the south although they abound d,ns
in small localized areas in ho woods Of PeHnsy New
Jersey and New York" said Conart They may believe
that bat YOU say that snakes ho only s7ftof.n.c
You viii be laughed I'm spite what many people
claim the contrary snake ycn0Iu poisonous
snakes-and rattlcsnakes KIN each other Tho giant
constructing snakes contrary 20 popular hcio not
sonous They kill their opponents whether animal or
human by oyerpowounE Thorn their powerful coils and
not with venom The stories about snakes charming their
prey ny hypnotic power the bunk
Dr COuart farmers not destroy the black
snake the water snake the pltf adder ami the garter
snake FOR they help great deal by eating rats and mice
harmless.
Next on the list slandcred by the public is ha,y}
Like snakes, hawks much good only species Of
hawks and one species harm than good
and these species in numbers than good
hawks Good hawks staunch foes - field mice and
loClsts ought 10 be encouraged.
difficulty hawks is that only bird scientists
tell the good hawks the bad continued Director
Conant To the farmer and even the game warden hawks
look very much alike and a hawk IN the sky
warning to get out the old gun fast possible
What started the idea that owls omen Of evil
and a sign wisdom, nobody know Maybe II is
because the owl stcadfasy and does not from
place 10 place for hours at time eyes staring ahead Ike
those Robins statue tho Thinker that of Wis
has grown up around H. In captivity the htd rs not
bright. When YOU call somebody wise as owl" you
aren't really paying him compliment
When 1t comes 10 crow Or Conant can't fins, any basis
for popular that this bird evil In all
noisy individual be be mischievous bird
with passion for thcvoty who rs constantly Switching
bright objects such glass beads buttons and
eWclry hiding them strange and often inaccessible
places But he isn't depravcd individual by any
have been malgncd In the Middle
Ages people believed they the garb Of human
beings wolves and other unrelated species When Cocs
came o World and his bitten by YAM
prc Bats South America where there are bats which
suck their blood the tales went back to
the old World Europeans got very excited although there
such bats except IN the American tropics Then
tales like Dracula helped scare people
All the United states. bats are harmless feeding
exclusively II bat enters room at night the
thing just lie stl turn ON the light and watch
find it's way TO the window and out.
Or Conant that the horse and the dog both
more intelligent the cat and that the elephant
exceptionally intelligent animal Orang-outans and Chin
panzces can reason and have good deal OF inegcncq
Coras NAV he Just bright but they strong
to handle experiments with them have not been frequent
According TO Director monkeys like gangsers
having leader who # beaten sinks Off a broken soul
for the of his days /..o
@Ihf qrills Of torctpihts are SO &gscy attached to
their Skin that they swing their tails back ana forth
rapidly in fight these quilts often fan out and stick
their opponent giving the impression % having been
thrown Toais give warts they do something
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