Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-30
ANIMAL ANIMOSITIES
INSTRUCTIVE FEUDS THAT Elk
IsT BETWEEN SPECIES.
Monkeys Have q Natural Hate for
NegroestTigers Fear Dogs More
Than Anything Else.

From the New York Evening Post.
Not only is it true that animals. both
domestic and Wild show decided prefer
ences for certain persons and strong dis
like to other individuals. but whole races
OF creatures often show a universal hatred
toward other species. In the legends OF
ancient times this was noticed: always ar
rayed against each other were the otter and
the crocodile, the hart and the dragon, the
unicorn and the elephant
Perhaps the most interesting cases Of
dislikes are those which are inherited: fear
of the natural enemies Of a certain weaker
species being so strong that even the young
just born may experience 1t. All herds of
cows and cattle hate dogs instinctively. Can
we not trace this to the time long centuries
ago when the wild herds were always In
danger of being attacked by wild dogs or
wolves which skunk about on the outskirts
Of the herd and watched with hungry eyes
every chance to cut out and pull down
helpless calf?
Cats and Dogs.
To fight like 'cats and dogs has be-
come a proverb which We must admit there
Is abundant basis for its truth. In domes-
tic cats this is doubtless an inherited In
stinct, which in one of its larger relatives
we can verify today. In India the tiger
is king almost. Deep in the jungles she
makes her lair, and the cubs have few
enemies indeed. Bear or tger-cat, when
they inadvertently come across the lair
trail of the great tripod one back trail, and
rapidly, too. 1t is doubtful il even the
great python would disturb one of the lit
tie furry kittens. But the packs of wild
dogs are without fear. and would kill and
eat the cubs and de1y the parent Wnen
she returned.
Well she knows this, and also that, al
though she might STAY dozen, yet the
others would pin her down, ripping her
flesh, careless if they died or no. So
tiger in captivity will scrutinize a wolf
without much show of anger. but pity
the dog that ever comes within reach. and
If she cannot get at him. her wrath OF
memory will vent itself In bowls and fierce
endeavors on the bars of her cage.
A leopard, which lives so much among the
trees and could so easily escape the at
tacks of wild dogs. has not instructive
hate, although dog is titbit which
would be by no means despised. This fact
Is well known to dogs, which show their
fear Of these arboreal felines. while they
will mob tigers and other terrestrial cats.
Pumas come under the same head as Loop
ards, and are held in as great respect by
dogs.
In zoos the animals generally show dis
like to children and cripples: In the first
instance, doubtless, because they are leased
more by the youngsters and in the second
place because Of the strange horror and
hate which many animals show of the
abnormal or conditions out of the usual for
discriminating between which they have
remarkable ability.
Recognized Their Enemies.
Monkeys hate negroes but this dislike
Of dark-skinned men is not confined only
to the aforementioned class of animals.
1t is said that when Mr.. Hagenbeck's So
malls were at the Crystal Palace they were
invited one Sunday to see the zoo. whittier
hoy nad hv Mopzia9
the African explorer and hunter, who had
brought them from Somaliland. There was
nothing to which the most sensitive Euro
pean could object in the appearance of
these free half-Arab tribesmen. but when
the dark men entered the lion house there
they roared with rage. The apes and
monkeys were frightened and angry, the
anteIopes were alarmed, and even the
phlegmatic wild cattle were excited. They
skinned men who had hunted them for
centuries in the jungles and the bush and
with whom their own parents did battle
when they we're captured and carried OF
captive In the Nubian deserts.
bird will often die from sheer terror
when greatly frightened. and parrots, emus
and monkeys viii sometimes faint dead
away. There are many cases Of dislike or
hate among animals which are inexplic-
able to us; Just as many people have un-
reasonable but uncomfortable preJudices
against cats, mice. caterpillars or snakes
such disgust In horses? Bears and other
animals are often unheeded by horses. but
even the scent OF a camel which has pass
ed some time before IL enough to make
horses refuse to DO driven near II. Horses
will learn to work In company with ele-
ptants much sooner than with camels.
to each other intense hatred sometimes
exists Hounds take delight in hunting
foxes. and when dogs are used In pur-
suing and killing wolves they do 1t with a
lcrceness ana anger which Is never arous-