Identifier: apesmonkeystheir00garn (find matches)
Title: Apes and monkeys; their life and language
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Garner, Richard Lynch, 1848-1920
Subjects: Monkeys Speech Sound production by animals
Publisher: Boston and London, Ginn & company
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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other apes that I haveseen do many things by imitation, they do not do them bycoercion. They seem to understand the purpose and fore-see the result, and these impel them to act. Some of the feats performed by this ape I have neverseen attempted by any other. One accomplishment is theriding of a tricycle. He knows the machine by the nameof bike, although it is not really a bicycle. He canadjust it and mount it with the skill of an acrobat. Theease and grace with which he rides are sufficient to pro-voke the envy of any boy in England. He propels it withgreat skill and steers it with the accuracy of an expert.He guides it around angles and obstacles with absoluteprecision. He is allowed to go at liberty a great deal ofhis time ; and this is the proper way to treat these apes incaptivity. He rides the wheel for his own diversion. Hedoes not do it to gratify strangers or to show off. Another accomplishment which Consul has is that ofsmoking a pipe, a cigar, or a cigarette. This may not be
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CONSUL II RIDING A TRICYCLE(From a Photograph.) CONSUL II 195 commended from a moral standpoint, but it appears toafford him quite as much pleasure as it does the averageboy when he first acquires the habit. He has also formedthe habit of spitting as he smokes, — but he has the goodmanners not to spit on the floor. When Consul has hispipe lighted he usually sits on the floor to enjoy a smoke,and he spreads down before him a sheet of paper to spiton. When he has finished smoking he rolls up the paperand throws it into some corner, out of the way. Whenplaying about the grounds he often finds a cigar stub.He knows what it is, picks it up, puts it into his mouth,and at once goes to his keeper for a light. He will notattempt to light his pipe or cigar, because he is afraid ofburning his fingers ; but he will light a match and hand itto his keeper to hold while lighting the pipe. He some-times takes a piece of paper, lights it in the fire, and handsit to some one else to light his pipe fo

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