The Man-Like Apes
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…