WILD ANIMALS
QUICK TO LEARN. Wild animals are quick to learn new habits that protect them against their enemies, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service, in the U.S.A. For example, experts discovered in research under the national conservation programme that a mother coyote makes every effort to protect her young, constantly shifting her home to avoid being detected. When a mother finds a den with many holes in the vicinity, she places one pup in each hole so that her entire family will not be attacked at the same time if one of the holes is discovered.
Hunters who try to trap coyotes declare that many of these wily creatures learn how to detect trap sets and how to spring the traps without being caught. Rodents are quick to learn how to defend themselves against poisonous strychnine. The first time a rodent encounters bait prepared with strychnine it usually eats the bait with little hesitation. If he doesn’t die from his first nibble, he may continue to eat poisoned food but always in quantities too small to cause injury. Service experts say some species of mice have learned to eat a few kernels at a time until the entire bait is consumed.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 62, Issue 4402, 14 March 1941, Page 3
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203WILD ANIMALS Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 62, Issue 4402, 14 March 1941, Page 3
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