MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY. JULY 12. 1962
A 9
Small
Worlds
Around
Us
By
Lynn W.
Warkins
(Rcclltar ii Tribune Syndicate, 19621
Natur Prated Craaturai
From Burning in Sun
The sun bather on the
beach, or the fisherman in the
boat can testify to the severity
of the sun's ability to burn.
Man can rely on man-made
protections, but other crea
tures must rely on nature.
And nature devised various
means whereby her subjects,
at least those that must be
exposed for intervals, could
withstand the heat of the sun.
They receive this protection
by natural coverings, or by
obeying a natural instinct to
move out of the direct rays of
the sun.
The same hair that protects
an animal from the cold also
can protect it against extreme
heat. The feathers of a bird in
sulate the body against either
heat or cold. No insulating
material ever devised by man
equals the insulating quali
ties of fur or feathers.
On Guard
Those animals whose body
temperatures remain about
the same, or slightly higher
than their surroundings, must
always be on guard against
sunstroke. Too much sun can
be fatal to a snake. Its dry
outer surface is not suited to
direct sunlight for extended
periods of time. These animals
have the instinctive knowl
edge to seek the shade or a
cool environment.
The frog, although a reptile
and therefore cold blooded,
can take a little more gun as
its body surface is moist, but
too long exposure would dry
it out and unless replenished,
or immersed in cool water,
the frog, too, would actually
die of sunburn.
The porpoise, and its large
cousin the whale, are con
stantly immersed in water
which maintains an even body
temperature. These w a r m
blooded mammals are protect
ed from the cold by layers of
fat and their ability to move
to warmer waters when the
temperature is cold. And they
move to cooler water when
the sun is hot.
Remove one of these ani
mals from its natural environ
ment and we must douse it
with water at frequent inter
vals, otherwise a high fever
builds up quickly, which will,
if not arrested, kill the animal
in a relatively short time.
Change Position
Being an air breather, the
porpoise can live out of water
as long as the body Is kept
wet and the position of the an
imal changed from time to
time to prevent undue strain
on the heart.
Being always suspended in
water, the body weight on the
heart is of no consequence
while buoyed up by water,
but fatal if the animal is too
long on an unyielding surface.
The porpoise comes to the
surface to breath at frequent
intervals, but at such times
the body is wet and the time
in the sun is brief.
Other living things, such as
those existing in the plant
world, that must withstand
the burning rays of the sun,
have other methods by which
they can withstand the burn
ing effect.
The leaves of some plants
turn edgeways to the sun's
rays; others are protected by
a lacquer-like material on the
leaf surface, a material many
times more effective than any
sunburn remedy man has so
far invented.
Foreign Councils To
Contribute Aid For
New Farm Equipment
Los Angeles (UPD British
nd German religious organi
zations have volunteered to
contribute nearly $400,000 to
the Agricultural Aids Foun
dation of Los Angeles to pay
for small tractors and farm
equipment for struggling
young nations.
"Bread for the World," a
Protestant organization in
Germany, has allocated $60,
000 for the work. The British
Council of Churches' Inter
Church Aid and Service to
Refugees, promised $336,000
to pay for 100 tractors. The
Agricultural Aids organiza
tion is a non-profit agenoy
founded eight years ago by
the Southern Californta-Ari-zona
Conference of the
Methodist church.
Posfor Receives Fee
Long After Marriage
Dallas. Tex. - UTIi - J.
Woodrow Fuller, a young
college graduate serving in
his first pastorate in Fulton,
Ky., 22 years ago, married a
yonna couple from Union
City, Tenn., who did not have
the usual $3 wedding fee.
Fuller thought no more
about it, but the couple ap
parently did, for Fuller, now
secretary of the Texas Baptist
State Missions commission,
has received a check for $25
from the bridegroom of 22
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BOB TAYLOR
Says . . .
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tory will be told at drattic reductions with
tavingt up to $300. GMC plckupt are tell
ing for the tame at Ford and Chevrolet with
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Bob Taylor
and TRUCKS at
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SIXTH and GRAPE -Medford
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& TAYLOR PONTIAC
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years ago.