CLEANLY ANIMALS.
I In the matter of eating and drinking and of> sanitation, animals are wiser than humans. For ages man has been observing how carefully the sensible horse eats and drinks, with precaution that he may take nothing but pure food into his stomach. As th»e 0ood old horse wades into a stream, he ducks his head for a draught of fresh water, but before permitting any to pass down his throat he first uses his mobile Iips, throwing the water in all directions in order to clear off from the surface dust or fioating germs. The horse is one of the many animals that are very clean in their habits, j and if fed regularly. never gour- i mandises or becomes intemperate in | his eating and drinking. Then there i is the humble toa«L This iijftle ' creature is very particular that nothing is taken into his stomach but v/hat is wholesome. In feeding toads, it Is not possible to i.nduce one to eat a dead insect, even
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North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17166, 24 March 1927, Page 7
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169CLEANLY ANIMALS. North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17166, 24 March 1927, Page 7
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