Photo: W. S. Berridge. 



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THE POLAR BEAR OF THE FAR NORTH 





An animal of extraordinary strength, able with a stroke of its paw to lift a big seal right out of the 

 water and send it crashing along the ice. The food consists chiefly of seals. The sexes wander sepa- 

 rately. A hole is often dug as a winter retreat, but there is no hibernation. A polar bear in captivity 

 has been seen making a current with its paw in the water of its pool in order to secure floating buns 

 without trouble an instance of sheer intelligence. 



hrum the Smithsonian Report. 1914 



AN ALLIGATOR "YAWNING" IN EXPECTATION OF FOOD 

 Not* the Urge number of sharp conical teeth fixed in sockets along the jaws. 



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