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1 MONDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1961
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
Small
Worlds
Around
Us
Lynn W.
Watkins .
(Register & Tribune Syndicate, 1961)
Here's Where Animals and
Insecli Go When It Raint
The 'members of the plant
world, being unable to move
even if they wanted to, are
about the only Jiving things
that do not seek some sort of
- a shelter when the rains be
gin to fall.
Many animals abhor rain
falling on them; cats are a
typical example. Rain falling
on a monkey drives him near
ly frantic. Many dogs, even
those who enjoy a weekly
bath, will run for the nearest
cover at tile first drop of rain.
Human bathers on the
beach, even though they are
wet from immersion, run pell
mell for a roof, or the shelter
of their cars when the rain
begins, not .because they are
afraid ;of water, but instinct
is still a powerful influence in
our lives, and instinctively we
seem to want to avoid being
rained on. ,
Some farmers and poultry
raisers always have claimed
to be able to know the dura
tion of a rain storm by the
action of domestic chickens
If the rain was going to con
tinue for some length of time,
the barn-yard fowis stayed out
' ln the rain, but if it was only
going to be a local and short-
lived shower, the chickens
soughts helter. Probably fig
ured there, was no sense in
Betting all wet, when by wait
ing a few minutes they could
feed in comlort. .
.. There are, of course, some
exceptions among the birds,
the gulls, terns and large and
small wading birds stay out in
the rain. They hive no place
to - go anyway. The entire
family of ducks stay out in all
kinds of weather, and enjoy
every minute of it. It would
be rather silly of them, with
their heavily oiled feathers,
to: seek shelter from falling
water.
Smaller birds seek the pro
tection of overhanging ledges
or leaf clusters in trees. Bees
hurry home to hive, or if too
far from home hole up in a
crevice, or a break in the bark
: of a tree. Dragonflies come to
rest under a tree branch or
any other place that affords
protection. A ; driving rain
would wreck the beauty of a
butterfly, so they too retire to
a sheltered place.
; Even water -proof toads
wriggle a little deeper into the
mud and sand, or crawl under
some leaves; pelting rain
drops on their soft bodies
would undoubtedly, cause
them to become neurotic.
But of all the creatures, in
cluding man himself, the hunt
for protection and sanctuary
from rain, the most beautiful
haven Is utilized by many of
the Insects. These so-called
stupid jerks don't seem to be
as dumb as some of the higher
animals. Many bugs crawl into
the fragrant and colorful in
side of a blossom. What sanc
tuary could be more beautiful,
, or more effective?
; Even the door is closed
automatically when the sun is
obscured, or the rain hits the
petals. Many insects antici
pate rainy nights by crawling
inside of a flower at sundown.
The petals close and the bug
is safely locked in for the
night.
The inside of a closed blos
som is somewhat warmer than
the outside air, and it has the
added advantage of adequate
protection against dew, ene
mies or the dampening dis
aster of a pouring rain during
the hours of darkness. In a
delicate cathedral of beauty,
softness, with the cloying
fragrance of a flower, an ugly
insect finds a safe, snug and
luxurious refuge. Strange
that Nature sometimes goes to
such elaborate extremes to
compensate an animal for a
hard and difficult existence.
House Gets State
Construction Bill
, Salem - lUPli - A measure to
provide five and a half million
' dollars for cnnstrnrtinn nl
state institutions has been
turned in to the House.
Gov. Mark Hatfield earlier
last week said he hoped the
building projects would get
underway quickly to provide
new jobs in Oregon.
: The funds woulH tnrlnHp
work at Eastern Oregon State
nospuai, uammasch hospital
Fairview Home, Oregon Stat
Penitentiary, Mid - Columbia
. Home. Orecnn Kioto rn.
tion Institution, MacLarcn and
Hillcrest schools, and the
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