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THE EXTINCTION OF ANIMALS 



in the memory of man, 

 giant birds, the moas, 

 Uved in New Zealand ; 

 but they have passed 

 away. Here is found 

 the pecuUar duck mole. 

 This hedgehog-like ani- 

 mal is a milk giver ; yet 

 its young comes from a 

 reptile - like egg. Al- 

 ready there is a price on 

 every duck mole, and na- 

 tive hunters prowl about 

 the bank of the rivers 



Fig. ioi.- Kangaroos. armed with long rods of 



iron, which they thrust into the ground, testing it to find 

 the burrows of the valuable duck mole, which they sell to 

 collectors. 



So extermination is going on all over the world. It 

 seems to be a natural result of man's development and 

 progress. But it can be arrested, and it should be the 

 duty of all intelligent 

 boys and girls to famil- 

 iarize themselves with 

 the conditions of ani- 

 mal life in the land in 

 which they live, and to 

 see that just laws are 

 established to prevent 

 the unnecessary de- 

 struction of animal life. fig. 102. — the Duck Mole. 



