62 NATURAL HISTORY. 
99. The = Hnia}eMs Fig. 44, is found in South America. 
It has been called 
the Honey Bear, be- 
cause it is so fond of 
attacking the nests 
of the wild bee, lick- 
ing out the honey 
from the cells with 
SE ge reg tes 28 its long tongue. It 
is also very expert with its tongue in catching flies and 
other insects. Its tail it uses, like the Spider Monkey of 
the same country, in climbing. It is easily tamed, and is 
as playful as a cat. 
100. The family Phocide (¢wyn, phoke, a seal) are 
Quadrupeds, and yet they are fitted to live in water as 
well as on the land. There was an approach to this in 
the Otters, § 91. Seals and other animals having a sim- 
ilar mixture of terrestrial and aquatic habits, are often 
termed amphibious animals, from apd. amphi, both ; 
Bue, bios, life. 
101. The limbs of the Seal are like paddles. The arm 
and forearm of the anterior limbs are very short, so that 
the paw extends but little from the body. The paw is 
made of what corresponds to the finger-bones in man, 
covered with a skin which stretches between the fingers, 
so as to resemble the webbed feet of swimming birds. 
In giving the backward stroke in swimming the fingers 
are spread out, but in the forward stroke they are brought 
together. The hinder limbs are directed backward, so 
as to look very much 
like a tail at the end 
of the tapering body, 
as seen in Fig. 45. In 
swimming, it uses the 
fore paws as paddles, 
and the hinder ones, 
Fig. 45,—Seal. with an up and down 
