THE NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO IS COMMON IN MOST PARTS OF MEXICO 



Its bony armor is rather a protection against the thorns of the dry country in which it 

 lives than against the attack of large carnivores, which can readily bite through the joints 



Photos by Dr. C. William Beebe 



PAPER NEST OF MEXICAN WASPS BUILT ON A CACTUS PAD 



The insects are small, but very savage, and with exceedingly venomous stings, and if disturbed 

 by a lizard running past will attack one without further provocation 



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