The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-05-18
THE CRIMINAL INSTINCT.
II Exists In the Animal Class A.
Wei! as In Man.

II Exists In the Animal Class "a
Well as In Man.
1t has been proved beyond question
that in the animal kingdom there are
many curious equivalents of crime
among men. Cannibalism is not un-
known in the animal world. Wolf eats
wolf, and in certain circumstances, and
despite proverbs to the contrary, dog
will eat dog Well nOurished dogs are
not often guilty of this savage custom,
though it has been observed where ne
cessity did not impel. but arctic travel
ers have frequently fed their famished
Eskimo team en- the carcasses OF breth-
rem that died from effects of cold or
hunger. and under such conditions
mothers have devoured their puppies
| with no hesitation or lack of appetite.
/ Domestic cats have killed and eaten
| their young. and rabbits have been
known to feed ON one another even
when plentifdlly supplied with food to
their liking. The rat is nearly always
a cannbal under stress of circum-
stances.
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pike need very little stimulus. Young
crocodiles ere occasionally gobbled by
their parents or at least by their moth
ers. Warrior ants devour in fury the
ants they have killed In battle.
certain famous case in a reptile
house of a geological garden was evil
IDENTITY not one of genuine cannibalism.
h11f cor1Nanfc houo haan or,,IIt, of A.
act. Infanticide, patricide, matricde
and fratricide are aggravating circum-
stances Of cannibalism in the animal
world. There are crimes known to our
calendar of which the only or the chief
motive appears to be the inveterate
dislike of one individual (the assalanO
for another (the assaulted), and these !
strange antipathies exist in the ami
NAL world and are the cause of assault
and battery and often of the death OF
both parties. Horses. dogs and mon
keys furnish many examples of vio-
lence proceeding from antipathy.
The sudden gusts of uncomfortable
rage which iEpel the Malay to run
amuck through his native high street
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imals, and the results are much the
same as in the Malay peninsula unless
the subject of his brief, terrible mad
ness can be caught or slain. Different
are the cases of animals proverbial for
their patience which may be goaded in
to fury. The dromedary. ordinarily
a model of good behavior, is sometimes |
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to flee before his rage or to I
strip off and throw him their garments, r
that he may tear and trample them to
pieces. Every one knows to what a {
pass the docile elephant will carry his +
desire for revenge when his dignity has h
been badly insulted or bis good nature t
abused. =
More curious it is to note that among +
as among men, some Of the b
worst offenses that can be committed
AVE their origin in the passion of love- Il
jealousy burns fiercely in many y
,rute's bosom. and when affected with r
he universal distemper of love" the :,
whole animal creation, from the tiger :,
o thu dove, is capable of any excuses ~
gainst it's disturbers, whether of Its I,
wn or the human kind. Association -
or deliberate purposes of wrongdoing l.,
) not rare among animals both of the te
igher and the lesser order of intelli-
ence. Other animals steal in bands.
go out In troops to rob or
hards difficult OF access. Conditions
climate and change Of atmosphere A
ave their influence upon the tempera.
tents of animals. Speaking generally,
Tild creatures inhabting very hot Oh
ountries are more savage than those OF
cold or temperate climes.- Is
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