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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12718, 13 August 1919, Page 6

The old British milk can should be abolished as an obsolete vessel and a great collector of dust.—Sir Kingsley Wood. Some interesting notes Uave ; been in ado in regard to the behaviour of various animals under the terrific conditions of noise, vibration, explosion and other disturan at the front- Thus it seems clear that some kinds of birds, under the dominance of instincts of feeding, nesting or brooding, behave as if they woro indifferent to all the turmoil. Living creatures of many kinds are not in the least impressed by sounds which have no interest for them. To terrific disturbances, which have neither inherited nor acquired “ moaning)” an acutely sensitive organism mav remain quite indifferent. But another point is raised, says “ Nature,” by some observations which refer to the diverse ways in which sheep and cows react to dummy bombs released from an aeroplane. The cows £eem entirely indifferent to the !l swish ” of the falling bomb, but tho sheep “invariably scatter m panic.” Have the cows a different—more placid—temperament P But bow excited they get at times by tho buzzing of flies that cannot hurt them. The excitement is probably due to fallacious association with the buzzing of blood-sucking flies which can hurt them; and the suggestion is that sheep are panic-stricken because the swish of a falling bomb is not unlike the sound of a bird of prey, say a golden eagle, swooping upon tho lambs.