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often show a sense of humor; and they some- 

 times imitate or mock the actions of some other 

 animal. 



An outing in northwestern Arizona gave me 

 fresh glimpses into grizzly life, although I had not 

 expected to see grizzlies. I found them apparently 

 at home with heat and sand in the edge of a desert. 

 Perhaps these bears were only visitors. They were 

 not dwarfed by the harsh conditions but appeared 

 similar to grizzlies of other localities. 



I was sheltered to the leeward of a rock-outcrop 

 waiting for a roaring desert windstorm to subside. 

 As I looked ofT into the dusty distance, a brown, 

 dust-covered grizzly came into view. He climbed 

 up and sat down upon a large sand-dune and 

 looked around evidently glad that things were 

 clearing. He watched closely a dust spiral which 

 came spinning across the clear sky. As it passed 

 close to him, a withered cactus-lobe dropped from 

 it upon the dune, turned over once or twice, and 

 then rolled down the slope. The grizzly took after 

 it, striking out with right fore paw; but, missing, 

 was upon it with a plunge. Picking the cactus up 

 cautiously in his teeth, he held it for a second, then 

 with a jerk of his head tossed it into the air and 



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