. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. LeS^ Photo by Ottomar Anichiitx.^ Berlin AN INVITING ATTITUDE The upright position is not natu- ral to-tha broivn hear. It prefers to sit on its hams, and not to stand EXCEPT the great cats, no creatures have longer held a place in human interest than the BEARS. Their size and formidable- equipment of claws and teeth give the touch of fear which goes with admiration. On the other hand, they do not, as a rule, molest human beings, who see them employing their great strength on appar- ently insignificant objects with some amusement. Except one species, most be
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. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. LeS^ Photo by Ottomar Anichiitx.^ Berlin AN INVITING ATTITUDE The upright position is not natu- ral to-tha broivn hear. It prefers to sit on its hams, and not to stand EXCEPT the great cats, no creatures have longer held a place in human interest than the BEARS. Their size and formidable- equipment of claws and teeth give the touch of fear which goes with admiration. On the other hand, they do not, as a rule, molest human beings, who see them employing their great strength on appar- ently insignificant objects with some amusement. Except one species, most bears are largely fruit and vegetable feeders. The sloth-bear of India sucks up ants and grubs with its funnel-like lips; the Malayan bear is a honey-eater by profession, scarcely touching other food when it can get the bees' store; and only the great polar bear is entirely carnivorous. The grizzly bear of the Northern Rocky mountains is largely a flesh eater, consuming great quantities of putrid salmon in the Columbian rivers. But the ice-bear is ever on the quest for living or dead flesh; it catches seals, de- vours young sea- fowl and eggs, and can actually kill and eat the gigantic walrus. Every one will have noticed the deliberate flat- footed walk of the bears. This is due partly to the for- mation of the feet themselves. The whole sole is set flat upon the ground, and the impressions in a bear's track are not unlike those of a man's footsteps. The claws are not capable of being retracted, like those of the Cats; consequently they are worn at the tips where the curve brings them in contact with the ground. Yet it is surprising what wounds these blunt but hard weapons will in- flict on man—wounds resembling what might be caused by the use of a very large garden- rake. Against other animals protected by hair bears' claws are of little use. Dogs would never attack them so readily as they do were they armed with the talons of a leopard or tiger. The flesh-teeth in both jaws o