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(Felynx arbordiffisus.)      A widely distributed and frightfully destructive animal is the splinter  cat.   It  is  found  from  the  Great  Lakes  to  the  Gulf, and  eastward  to  the Atlantic Ocean, but in the  Rocky  Moun- tains  has been reported from only a few  localities.   Apparently the  splinter  cat  inhabits  that part of the country in  which  wild bees  and raccoons abound.  These are its natural food, and the animal  puts in  every  dark and stormy night shattering  trees  in search  of  coons  or  honey.  It  doesn't  use  any  judgement  in selecting  coon  trees  or  bee trees, but just  smashes  one  tree after  another  until a hollow one containing food is  found.   The method  used  by  this  animal in its  destructive  work  is  simple but  effective.    It climbs  one  tree,  and   from  the  uppermost branches  bounds down and across toward the tree it wishes  to destroy.   Striking  squarely  with  its hard face,  the  splinter  cat passes   right  on,  leaving   the  tree  broken  and  shattered   as though  struck  by  lightning  or snapped off by  the  wind.   Ap- palling  destruction  has  been wrought by this animal in the  Gulf States,  where its work in the shape of a wrecked forest is often ascribed to windstorms.############################## Page Thirty-Seven ################################ |
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