A Book of Natural History

Huxley, Darwin, Wallace, Burroughs and Maeterlinck, writing for young readers — thirty-odd essays by the great naturalists on everything from the man-like apes to what worms do.

The Man-Like Apes

14 pages in this part of A Book of Natural History.

The Man-Like Apes

S OUND knowledge respecting the habits and mode of life of the man-like Apes has been even more difficult of attainment than correct…

The Man-Like Apes: Gibbons

It will therefore be convenient in endeavoring to form a notion of what we are justified in believing about these animals, to commence with…

The Man-Like Apes: Gibbon

M. Duvaucel, likewise, affirms that the cry of the Siamang may be heard for miles - making the woods ring again. So Mr. Martin describes…

The Man-Like Apes: Orang-Utan

The most elaborate account of the natural history of the Orang-Utan extant is that given in the "Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke…

The Man-Like Apes: Orangs

The young Orangs seem to remain unusually long under their mother's protection, probably in consequence of their slow growth. While…

The Man-Like Apes: Orang

The Orang is sluggish, exhibiting none of that marvellous activity characteristic of the Gibbons. Hunger alone seems to stir him to…

The Man-Like Apes: Dyaks

Dyaks affirm that when the old males are wounded with arrows only they will occasionally leave the trees and rush raging upon their…

The Man-Like Apes: Pappan

In Borneo, the Orang-Utan of the Malays goes by the name of "Mias" among the Dyaks, who distinguish several kinds as Mias Pappan, or Zimo…

The Man-Like Apes: Wallace

Mr. Wallace observed two male adult Orangs (Mias Kassu of the Dyaks), however, so very different from any of these that he concludes them…

The Man-Like Apes: Asiatic

So far as I am aware, no one has attempted to dispute the accuracy of the statements which I have just quoted regarding the habits of the…

The Man-Like Apes: Savage

From the time of Tyson and Tulpius downward the habits of the young Chimpanzee in a state of captivity have been abundantly reported and…

The Man-Like Apes: Chimpanzee

When shot, they give a sudden screech, not unlike that of a human being in sudden and acute distress. "The ordinary voice of the…

The Man-Like Apes: Gaboon

The Man-like Apes "It should be borne in mind that my account is based upon the statements of the aborigines of that region (the Gaboon)…

The Man-Like Apes: Ford

Dr. Savage's observations were confirmed and supplemented by those of Mr. Ford, who communicated an interesting paper on the Gorilla to the…

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