Odd Fraternity

Eating soup together.

 

        A gentleman traveling through Mecklenburg was witness to the following curious circumstance in an inn at which he was staying. After dinner, the landlord placed on the floor a large dish of soup, and gave a loud whistle. Immediately there came into the room a mastiff, a fine Angora cat, an old raven, and a remarkably large rat with a bell about its neck. These four animals went to the dish, and without disturbing each other, fed together; after which the dog, cat, and rat lay before the fire, while the raven hopped about the room.

Filial Duty

Feeding their own kind.

       A surgeon's  mate on board a ship relates that while lying one evening awake he saw a rat come into his berth, and after well surveying the place, retreat with the greatest caution and silence. Soon after it returned, leading by the ear another rat, which it left at a small distance from the hole which they entered. A third rat joined this kind conductor; they then foraged about, and picked up all the small scraps of biscuit; these they carried to the second rat, which seemed blind, and remained in the spot where they had left it, nibbling such fare as its dutiful providers, whom the narrator supposes were its offspring, brought to it from the more remote parts of the floor.

Vole: 4 Primary Facts

A vole is a creature belonging to the rat species.

Vole, an English name applied to several species of the rat family. 

4 Primary Facts About Voles:

1. The voles are widely distributed, being found in Europe, Africa, Asia and in North and South America.
2.  The water vole is about the same size as the brown rat, and it is often called a rat. 
3. It has dark brown or black fur, a tail about half the length of the body, and very strong hind feet, with five rounded pads on the lower surfaces. 
4. It burrows by the banks of streams and feeds for the most part on vegetable food. 

2 More Types of Voles:

1. The field vole, or short-tailed field mouse, is about the size of a common mouse, but the body is stouter and the tail shorter. It has brownish-gray fur; its hind feet have six pads. It lives in fields and woods, feeds on vegetable food, is very prolific and often does much damage to grain and other crops. 
2. The hank vole is like the field vole, but it has a rusty-colored back, larger ears and a longer tail.

Watch young voles by seahue.