Why should a bull be enraged vbett\ a piece of scarlet clotli is flaunted be- J lore him ? Bulls are not alone iu | this. Sheep, usually so meek and j gentle, will apparently become trails-1 ported with rage if they see anything j of this colour.' Geese and turkeys are! similarly affected. Why? Well, the! excitement animals display iu such/ circumstances is similar to that caused by the' smell of blood. It was stated by a naturalist that the colour re- / xninds the animals of blood, an associa- ( tion which invariably suggests bodily f 'discomfort and hurt. '
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17095, 18 February 1916, Page 2
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