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depict peaceful animals wandering in search of shelter and food. 

 After a fresh snowfall tracks are particularly clear and easy to 

 follow. 



Sooner or later tracks lead you to the haunts where mammal 

 parents bring up their young. Altogether, tracking helps furnish 

 an answer to your child's question: "What do mammals do?" It 

 becomes apparent that securing food and raising families are their 

 major concern. 



How Mammals Talk 



Most children get their first inklings of animal communication 

 when they become familiar with the sounds made by dogs or cats. 

 The dog barks and squeals with pleasure; he growls when he is 

 angry, whines when he is afraid, and howls for the sheer pleasure 

 of hearing his own voice. 





THE FEEBLE CALL OF THE MIGHTY BULL MOOSE 



Standing about six feet high at the shoulder, the bull moose makes a majestic 

 appearance with its formidable antlers. (Some of nature's most fearsome duels 

 have been fought with these antlers.) Yet the bull moose cannot produce any 

 thing more impressive in the way of sound thar a subdued, coughing grunt. 



