242 BEASTS AND MEN 
ing the marsupial with her trunk; and they hated to be 
separated from one another. Other cases I have already re- 
ferred to in preceding chapters: as when a male elephant 
made friends with a little pony mare, or when a crowned 
crane became intimately associated with an American ostrich. 
I also had an instance of friendship between a drake and a 
gull. The life has its shady side too, for there is no end of 
jealousy accompanying the various demonstrations of affection. 
Among the most interesting inhabitants of the park are 
the walruses, who live in the Arctic Panorama. Arctic 
travellers are un- 
animous in recor- 
ding that these 
animals in a wild 
state are very un- 
pleasant to meet, 
and occasionally 
extremely pugna- 
cious. If they 
are irritated, they 
will often attack 
a boat and. en- 
deavour to cap- - 
size it with their 
mighty tusks. 
For modern 
sportsmen, armed 
with weapons of 
unfailing accuracy, the walrus has, however, lost most of his 
terrors. His powerful weapons of defence avail him little. 
Even the primitive Eskimos succeed in slaying these aquatic 
monsters. They first harpoon them, and then, as soon as 
they can come to close quarters, attack them mercilessly 
with lances, the animals soon succumbing from the countless 
wounds inflicted upon them. The walrus has very rarely 
been exhibited in captivity ; and I may therefore consider 
Walruses. 
