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THE LIVING WORLD. 
No tree is too tall or too smooth-barked for its climbing, and it is specially 
fond of the tender top-shoots of the cocoanut palm, of the cocoanuts themselves 
and of the cocoanut milk. When domesticated, it is very fond of attention, 
and when it considers itself treated with insufficient consideration, it will refuse 
to treat further with the persons whom it regards as having hurt its feelings. 
The Spectacled Bear (Ursus omatus) is found in the Cordilleras. It is a 
black bear, with yellow semicircles about its eyes. 
The Brown Bear (Ursus omatus ) is found in the mountainous countries of 
Asia and Europe. When young it wears a white bib or collar, which is dis¬ 
pensed with as the animal grows older. It weighs over seven hundred pounds 
and does not attain its growth until its twentieth year. It is naturally fru- 
givorous, but after having once tasted blood becomes fond of it, and its union 
of courage, muscular strength and unappeasable appetite render it very destruc¬ 
tive to herds and flocks, after it has once learned to attack them. It is fond 
of ants and of honey, 
and never neglects any 
opportunities which 
come in its way. The 
bear is specially 
equipped for his hiber¬ 
nation, which extends 
from November to April. 
In the first place, the 
fat previously accumu¬ 
lated serves for a sup¬ 
port. In the next place, 
the empty stomach and 
intestines contract into 
the smallest compass. 
Finally, the entrance to 
the stomach is blocked 
up by a mass of leaves 
and woody substances, 
called a “ tappen,” with 
which the instinct of 
cinnamon bear (Ursus cinnamon eus). 
the bear leads it to provide itself. As the bear re-soles its feet, every winter, 
it has been suggested that his sucking of his paws is not merely an idle 
habit. The bear not only makes itself a generous, soft bed, but it carpets 
the floor of its den or cave, after the manner of the Elizabethan nobles. It is 
easily domesticated, when it becomes playful, affectionate and readily learns 
tricks, and yet, in its wild state, it is, when attacked, exceedingly savage. 
A brown bear attended mass, although equally unexpected and unwelcome. 
While the devout worshippers were trying to take their thoughts from earth, 
a brown bear made his way into the sanctuary, and after taking observations 
retired, but soon returned with the proceeds of a successful hunt, which he pro¬ 
ceeded to dispose of amidst surroundings which, however strange to him, seemed 
to give him much greater satisfaction than his presence caused the paralyzed 
congregation. Finally the bear withdrew, and after a becoming interval the 
congregation vanished. An instance is related of a brown bear which was used 
