84 ANIMALS OF THE HEAT BELTS.

Every creature has some
means of defense or of es-
cape. The fly, with its many
_- eyes and its wings, often
“saves itself by flight. The
ee draws itself within its hard shell. The bee thrusts
out its sting. The horse kicks, the cow tosses, the dog

bites and the squirrel leaps from branch to branch or

darts into a hole.

Animals often roam about in search of food, but
there are places that they cannot cross. They may
be swift and strong, but they cannot live beyond
the regions that produce their food.

Cattle roam over meadows and high, grassy
plains, but they cannot pass over broad, rocky,

heights or sandy tracts. The wild horse must stop at

the border of the grassland. Animals Paes food is in the
sea cannot wander far from the shore.

What a ‘wonderful storybook Nature writes in each season.
How pretty the pictures are! Can you read the story that the
spider spins in its web? Can you draw a picture as pretty
as that upon the wing of a butterfly ?

     
      
  
 
      
   

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117. Animals of the Heat Belts.

Many large and fierce animals live in the hot belt. Among
these are the elephant, the lion and the gorilla.
Where is the home of the camel? Of the tapir?
The crocodile? The boa? The rhinoceros?
Why cannot the animals of Africa reach Australia
or South America ?
Only a few animals can cross oceans, deserts
or lofty highlands. For this reason the same
VOL di kinds of animals do not roam over all parts
te of a heat belt. |
; See what queer animals live in Australia! There
is one with a bill like that of a duck. Another is
covered with sharp spines. Have you ever seen a

  

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kangaroo ?
_ The giraffe feeds on leaves and branches. Of what use is its long
neck? In which grand division is the giraffe found? _ Soy

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Where is the home of the Ilama and the alpaca? Name a large bird
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