Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 27, 1902, Page 28

Animals at Park Zoo Welcome Spring’s Coming BADGERS ARE LAZY - Photo by a Staff Artist. MOUNTAIN LIONESS TAKES A LOOK—Photo by a Staff Artist PAPA WOLF IN HIS PRIDE—Photo by a Staff Ar:ist the brown bear n excitement on the part of the wolves, for rvicw park quickne paused in her rapid movements long 0 the rou igh to watch the pups as they played his two the bear cach other, although the brightening deal it to him 0 er eyes suggested ambiguous emotions led, b L curiou wintion of idea and indicated that only the unyielding h Keeper ing him the name of the iron fence ood between the little wolves famous blacksmith § tlist, KFitzsimmon a tragedy that would have stamped as five times a murderer of the help- I though she may only have been «nvious of the happy family, living in sharp contrast with her own lonely life. Whatever may have been her feelings, x;/ W iznificant that the well fed wild cat in the cage on the other side studiously kept as far away as possible from her harp claws The ‘“bob-tailed” cat is a handsome fellow and when he isn't lazily dozing in hunger-satisfied indifference to the stern limitations of his prowling pature, he is sharply eyeing every bird or chicken that comes within his view. The tiny dog of one of the keepers caused the cat almost to forget the observant eye of the mountain lion. The cat looked as if it would have enjoyed playing with the lit- tle dog until ready to eat it. or Simmo for tme out of h den in the pit the er day nuffed the balmy eir, climbed up the pole ladder and urveyed the surrounding landscape a n, with a snort h quickly to the floor of the pit anl only a bear can, and th drop rolle playmates, “"Queen and Johnnie,” cam= out and gazed at him with amazement over and over o often that his two Seeing them he made a jump at “Johnnie, gave him a lively box on the side of the head and managed in escaping from “Johnnie's" retaliatory vengeance, to roll over the mild-eyed “Quecn,” much to her indignation, and then in a jiffy he was sit ting serenely on the high perch again He must have saild something in bear lan guage to his mates, for instead of pursu ing him they, too, began sniffing the fra prant air, sagaciously wagging their heads J | b The beautiful red and silver gray foxes at eac ‘ Si o ously de it each other. mmons" cautlously de in adjoining cages appeared to take life cended and joined them, and if each one N > lan't very easily and not to regret their cap- didn ¥ tivity. They showed no alarm at the close N v ’ e ] ) i It pring again, and I smell peanuts approach of persons to the cages. Prob- they certainly meant that and would have ably their regular supply of food has made vd it, too, had they known how lfn-l~ them indifferent to the pleasures of the Wer inging in th tre hopping from chase bough to bough, in apparently aimless ox citement; the elk, in plain view, looked i N A Y VRIAT " " i i »\UI‘H‘I of the wolf family are five deni- fetaib v ani o s s e BOB CAT" RESTS AFTER A LIGHT LUNCH—Photo ‘SIMMONS" ON HIS EASY SEAT -Photo by a Staff Ar- zens of the western prairies, two coyotes ating landscape, and “Monarch,” probably by a Staff Artlst. tist and three badgers. The coyotes have not ibandoned the sneaking habits of their the biggest buffalo in the world, abandoned showed that something unusual had hap- cause of the eloquent demeanor of her a dry, warm spot in the sun was reached, kind, although every time they hear the his hayrick and threw s=oft earth high in pencd there I'he big, black wolf walked mate, or because her independent in- when the pups began playing, to the mani- \‘\I\l\'ll:'- e i ”“.“I“\." vmd_ A 8 0”“.‘; Ir with his short curved horns The back and forward less discontentedly than vestigation satisfied her solicitude, she fest delight of their parents But they t{imes. too |}‘, y howl and ;k,“.‘; ;\“h that wind of distant activitic in the outer ysual, and his frequent visits to the cave emerged from the cave and, turning, didn't stay out long, for in a few minutes \\‘.,“‘1,‘,‘(.,1[‘ .1.:‘. tive ‘.“‘1 'mulliludlnoufl world came flonting through the tree The under the rocks disclosed his lively inter proudly watched the uncertain steps of (hey followed their mother into the warm bark hict It . b "-| th ile ( warm sunbean the budding trees, the est in something concerning his gray part- five pup wolves as they one by one hesi- ] haR HERs TRON - RAREN oD kNG TIoN seclusion of the cave. whose protruding head and inquiring tatingly obeyed the signals of encourage- The eyes betrayed questioning interest In the ment of their mother. The big, black par- the wolf cage state of the weathor Whether it was be ent strutted about the little fellows until gentle and balmy bree each told the news p that austere winter had fled prairies at night, convinces the inex- perienced that there are hundreds of them mountain lioness in the adjoining cage, sleek and active, appeared to under- Unwonted excitemen ind the interesting occasien of subdued (Continued on Seventh Page.) BAND OF DEER IN THE GLADE—Photo by a Staff Artist, MONARCH THE MIGHTIEST LIVING MEMBER OF A NOBLE RACE TWO BEAUTIFUL ELK -Photo by a Staff Artist Photo by a Staff Artis