NOUEISHES ONLY HER OWN PUPS. 145 



A mother seal will at once recognize her pup by its cry, hobbling 

 over a thousand bleating pups to reach her own, 

 and every other approaching her save this one Samuel Falconer, p. 164. 

 little animal she will drive away. From this fact 



it is my opinion that if a pup lost its mother by any accident it would 

 certainly die of starvation, for it would uot be allowed to derive nour- 

 ishment from any other female. A pup, however, seems not to distin- 

 guish its mother from the other females about it. 



The old mother seal will not nurse any but its own offspring, and 

 can single it out of a band of thousands even 

 after an absence of days from the islands. w. 8. Hereford, p.^. 



A cow never suckles any but her own pup. When a strange pup 

 approaches a cow she will drive it away from her ; 

 and out of thousands of pups huddled together Louis Kimmel, p.m. 

 she will siugle her own. 



No cow will suckle any pup but her own. Nicoli End-off, p. 133. 



No cow will suckle any pup but her own, and I have often watched a 

 cow driving pups from her until she found her own. 

 She knows her pup by smelling it. A ^ ei Ku8hen , P- 13 °- 



The pups do not appear to recognize their own dams, but the mother 

 distinguishes her own offspring with unerring ac- 

 curacy, and allows no other to draw her milk. H ' H ' McInt u r ^,v- 41. 



When the cows return they go to their own pups, nor will a cow 

 suckle any pup but her own. The pups would 



suck any cow that would let them, for they do Anton Melovedoff, p. 144. 

 not seem to know one cow from another. 



The pup does not appear to recognize its mother, attempting to draw 

 milk from any cow it comes in contact with; but 

 a mother will at once recognize her own pup and t. F. Morgan, p. 62. 

 will allow no other to nurse her. This I know 



from often observing a cow fight off other pups who approached her, 

 and search out her own pup from among them, which I think she re- 

 cognizes by its smell and its cry. 



Returned to the rookery, the cow goes straight to the spot where she 

 left her pup, and it seems she instantly recognizes 

 it by smelling ; and it is equally certain that the l. A. Noyes, p. 82. 

 pup can not recognize its dam. I have often seen 

 pups attempt to suck cows promiscuously, yet no cow will suckle any 

 pup but her own. 



No cow will nurse any pup but her own, and I have often watched the 

 pups attempt to suck cows, but they were always 

 driven off; and this fact convinces me that the j. c. Bedpaih, p. 148. 

 cow recognizes her own pup and that the pup does 

 not know its dam. 



And I think a cow never gives suck to any pup 

 save her own; I judge this from my own observa- Thos. Ryan, p. 174. 

 tion. 



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