pursuit. In addition to these two physical qualifications, there is 

 the desire to kill for killing's own sake, to which testimony is often 

 borne by the number of untouched dead left behind him, and his 

 fearless courage which apparently has nothing but contempt for the 

 size or strength of a larger foe. 



Besides mice, rats, ground squirrels, the eggs and young of 

 birds and other such proportionate booty, he never hesitates to 

 pounce upon rabbits, ducks, chickens and game fowl, and fastening 

 his sharp teeth together with a fatal snap, sucks their blood in 

 savage satisfaction, or in still more savage glee leaves them as 

 mute memorials of his prowess. Even to the presence of man he 

 manifests supreme indifference, and if cornered or trapped will fight 

 as long as life remains. 



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