154 THE ODYSSEY OF AN ANIMAL COLLECTOR 
in cold storage, was greatly appreciated at home for anatomical 
purposes. 
This sudden loss of the will to live reminds one of the be- 
havior of the British shrews in captivity. They, too, can be ap- 
parently in good health and eating worms one minute, and will 
roll over dead the next, with no apparent sign beforehand of 
any decline. 
