NATURAL DEATH IN THE ANIMAL WORLD.
Rkplyixc in the St. James's to the questioa. "What is the common form of natural death among animals ?" MrC. J. Cornish, the wall-known naturalist, given the ghastly answer, " Death by starvation." The inquiries of veterinary science, he continue 3, show that the end is brought about by physical change 3 in the mouth and teeth. For the caruivora losi of strength means loss of power to obtain food, winch is sought first in the form of fe djler or unusual prey, and in the end cannot be procured. In Devonshire, whence I write, I have seen birds, in the rare event of a very hard winter following them westward, dying in scores almost bifore our eyes—too weak to eat the food offered them. There are cases iu which decay or collapse is so sudden a 3 to preclude the lingering attacks of hunger. But the subject is a painful and perplexing problem.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 281, 30 April 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)
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