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The Bmrawell People-Sentinel, Ban well, S. C* Thursday, May % 1935
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Animals in Zoos Require
Most Careful Attention
Captive Beasts Suffer From
Many Illnesses.
Washington.—One of the most pe
culiar bears ever born In captivity put
In a brief appearance recently at the
National Zoological park in Washing
ton. A cross between a polar bear
and a brown kadiak bear, the tiny
sliver-gray cuiv-aronsed the Interest of
scientists. Hopes of studying it were
dashed, when, after two weeks* of ap
parently normal development, the # cub
mysteriously died. ___
1 “If it were not for the careful at
tentions of the zoo doctor, zoos would
soon be full of empty cages,” says the
National Geographic society. . “For
captive animals, although given the
finest food and surroundings, suffer
from all the illnesses in a patent medl-.
cine pamphlet. Bear cubs get mumps,
and monkeys get toothache. Pneu
monia, distemper, and parasites wipe
out large numbers of animals. Bron
chitis and digestive troubles affect
others Monkeys are especially .sus
ceptible to tuberculosis.
Elephants Get Bellyache.
“Many of the Illnesses are natural to
the animal in a wild state. Change of
climate accounts for others Elephants,
upon first being brought from the
triples to more temperate regions,
often roll on the ground with stom-
—achache.—The usual-remedy Is a blan
ket-sized. mustard poultice and a stiff
dose of gin and ginger. Elephants
become so pleased with the tonic that
they frequently stage an Illness merely
to be dosed ! ^z
“Many animals, however, quickly be
come acclimated. Lions and ostriches
learn to live outdoors In snow, whlfe
the Brazilian tapir revels In It from
choice long alter animals from colder
climates have sought shelter. Similar
ly, polar bears do not seeiji to be af
fected adversely by the summer beat
oL»temperate regions.
“One of the most amazing adapta
tions to changed environment was
'-made by chinchillas. These small ro
dents, from which valuable fur is
obtained, normall^llve on the frigid
heights of the Andes. How they were
successfully transferred from there to
fur farms of southern California Is a
monument to patience. A dozen cap
tured at high altitudes were carefully
nurtured for two years at 11,000. feet,
brought down to 9,000 feet, kept there
for a year, and then, after almost six
~ years 6f successive descent And Stops,
they were taken on a 40 day sea voy
age from Iquique, Chile, to Los An
geles. In ice-cooled cages they passed
safely through the tropics, and are
now thriving by thousands in their
new environment
-Confined surroundings account for
several diseases affecting animals.
W’hen captive animals, lapped in com
fort, become too lazy to do much more
than eat and sleep, they frequently fall
victims to 'cage paralysis.* Trained
animals, forced dally to Jump through
hoops and race around arenas, keep In
better condition than most zoo animals.
One reason why certain animals are
confined together is because chasing
each other around the cage gives them
exercise as well as diversion.
Need Companionship.
“It is well known that companion
ship is. an aid to the good hea^h of
most animals. Many animals, If kept 1
alone, are apt to fall sick. Hatred of
solitude probably account^ for many
strange friendships between animals,
iwrt- only ;d>etween those of the same
species, but between those of far dif
ferent, and^ often hostile species.
“Between acts of trained animal
shows, Visitors may be surprised to
see a tiger, a panther, and a fox ter-
rler rolling over each other In friend
ly play, or a bantam rooster crowing
from the vantage point of a giraffe’s
nefrk. Such' friendships sometimes
terminate abruptly. Sea lions may liv^
then suddenly turn upon and devour
them.
"Not only do zoo doctors have to
contend with ordinary illnesses of-»ani-
mals, but anacondas must be helpetl
out of the skins they are shedding, and
overly pugnacious alligators must have
Dachshund Displays
Long Understanding
Great Falla, Mont — “Spotty,”
dachshund-terrier—half a dog high
and two dogs long—isn’t much 6n
looks but apparently Is a good list
ener.
When the dog Is at the home of
two-year-old Ruth Lofstrorh’s grand
mother, ft Is brought to a telephone
and Ruth says. “Spotty, come play
with me.”
The pet gives a Joyful yip and
scampers to Ruth’s home, a block
awa^. The telephone Is also used
to get “Spotty” homq. < ^
their teeth
charge iron
their tusks.
sawed off. Elephants
framework and splinter
Hippopotamuses break
their teeth by biting out pieces of con
crete. . Leaping chimpanzees fall and
fracture their limbs; birds break their
wings, and storks and gazelles, their
slim legs.
“One of the most interesting places
in every large zoo is its hospital, where
operations are performed and post
mortems held. From cages and crates
of every size peer Invalids amusing
peaceahly with penguins for years, and- and pathetic. In one limps a deer
Housewife's Idea Box
Whan Making Dumplings V
•;,Do you find that the batter sticks
to the spoon when you make ,dump-
llngsf The next time you make
them, try this hint; Each time you
make a dumpling dip your spoon
Into cold water. This will prevent
the batter from sticking to the
spoon and will save time and an
noyance In the long run.
THE HOUSEWIFE.
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with a bandaged foot In another, a
sad-faced monkey wears a big wooden
collar around its neck to keep it from
tearing the plaster cast from a broken
arm. A giraffe with a sore throat
looks down on them, Its long neck
wound in bandages.”
Gout for Humanity Also
Sam—Charley put a great big
horn on his little machine so as to
make the people think he had a big
car.
Lew—Yes, but you should never
Judge the auto by the sound of the
horn.
BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT
Walter W. Head, president of Um
Boy fecouts of America, In a radio
addreea recently said:
“Scouting 1 was designed to offset
the softening effects of modern civi
lization. It gives boys an opportu
nity to hike, to camp, to swim, and
to work out In the open, under the
leadership of trained outdoors men.
In so doing, they develop strong
bodies and clear minds, and the
courage r and self-reliance which
were so strongly evident Ip onr
pioneer forefathers.”
Today there are more than 2,000,-
000 scouts in 73 countries.
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New Apparatus Probes Into Earth's Core
Permits the Study of Minerals
Under Pressure.
Cambridge, Afaaa—Tfae searching
•ye of science will he able to tell about
conditions approximately 20 miles be
low the earth’s surface with tbq aid
of apparatus newly developed at Har
vard university.
Use of the apparatus for the first
time is announced by the staff of the
Gordon McKay and Dunbar physics
laboratories.
The equipment may reveal hitherto
unknown properties of rocks deeper
down In the earth than can be reaMied
by digging. It also Is expected to aid
In attaining accurate interpretation of
seismological and gravitational obser-
rations.
Permitting the examination of min
erals under a pressure of lO.llOO atmo
spheres (about 75 tons per square
inch), combined with temperature^ is
high as.500 degrees centigrade, the ap
paratus was devised by Drs. Francis
Birch and R. R. Law, research associ
ates In geophysics.
Heretofore scientists have been able
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was raised to the rank of vice ad
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mand of tbo American fleet’s aircraft
battle force. The appointment stressed
the Increasing importance of aviation
to tho navy.
Vice President John N. Garner la here seen with a distinguished visitor
from overseas who stepped Into the C.’apitol at Washington to chat with the
gentleman from Uvalde. He Is Rt. Hon. Alderman Alfred Byrne, lord mayor
of. Dublin, Irish Free State.
to investigate only the effects on min
erals of high temperature alone, or of
high pressure alone, whereas a Joint
study wil: now be possible.
Two methods of obtaining the combi
nation of high temperature and pres
sure have been used. The first em
ploys a steel pressure chamber" about
the size of a pop bottle which has a
hole of half-inch diameter bored along
Its axis. Into this hole Is inserted the
specimen, a small cylinder of the min
eral a quarter inch in diameter and
two to five inches long. The neck of
the pressure chamber is connected to
a piston capable of compressing nitro
gen gas to a pressure of 10,000 atmo
spheres. Then the compression cham
ber is placed in an electric, furnace and
heated as high as 500 centigrade.
The second method makes it possible
to attain temperatures as high as 1,000
centigrade. In this apparatus the pres
sure range Is at present limited to 5;00Q
atmospheres. Heat is applied electri-
cftlly within the pressure chamber, and
the other walls of the chamber are
cooled. ,
In ail their heat-pressure experi
ments Harvard physicists have found
that the best substance for transmit
ting the pressure is the inert gas ni
trogen.
Discover Graveyard of
Prehistoric Animals
V Pasadena, Calif.—A graveyard of the
queer misshapin'beasts that roamed
North America 30,000,000. years ago
was being excavated in the Armargossa
desert recently by scientists of the Cal
ifornia Institute of Technology.
Fossils - of the prehistoric monsters,
according to Dr. Chester Stock, paleon
tologist, are beipg found in a rock lay
er cropping out friqng the west side of
the desert near Death valley.
Most important of the finds so far
Is a perfect skull of • tltabothere, a
bulky beast resembling a hornless rhi
noceros. Nearby the scientists picked
up bones and bone scraps of now-tex^
tinct rodents, even-toed mammals, and
a. small, fast running rhinoceros. Scien
tists Will explore the entire seam for
the telltale glint of a preserved, tooth,
or the discoloration of the rock that
betrays a hidden fossil.^
Doctor "Stock fixed the age of the
“graveyard” as the lower ollgocene pe
riod, thousands of years before the
great Ice age.
Existence of the lossfla in the now
bone dry rocky wastes indicates, he
said, that the area must have been cov
ered with dense vegetation, well wa
tered by ruins, at that time.
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