Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-08-19
MAN AND ANIMAL.
'""sts and birds Modified Waterfalls
by Human Contact,

Beasts and birds Modified Materials
by Human Contact
Charles Conrad Abbott in ,;ew York
Sum
| Beasts and birds became long ara
afraid Of man and afraid Of him in a
way wholly different from heir fear
OF other forms Of animal Nfe. This
demonstrates that they recognize
difference. as when cannot approach
Fnipe that will permit COW almost
To tread upon It. Fear being the
sum of disastrous experience, ths
birds that soonest learned the lesson
Of prudence left the most DESCENDANTS
| Tho fearless ones paid the price Of
their foolhardiness and died out. Such
conditions did not call for anatom-
| ical changes. but mental ones and
this increased mentality that led to
the preservation Of the species is 50
near the border line of what Goodwin
Smith calls self-improvement that Il
can be looked upon only as its fore-
runner. as birds and all beasts fore
ran the man who was to prove the,t
arch enemy.
Among the birds that civilization
still permits us TO enjoy is our COM
mon crow. II Is as cunning as any
! ioN' ana iaT ahead even OF parro's N
! i'''eiiec'uall ~ ne Hgld rules !aio
down by theorists as to Intelligence
and its distribution in the animal
kingdom Will In this case not hold
good. Tho crow has never had
friend. and Il long ago accepted man
as an enemy and declared var. Tha
oattie mas aged ever since ana wnat
is me result' IN" olfo holus us own
against greater odds 'han ever wers
pitted against any other species Thu
passenger pigeon was a fooi' ana ~
! no" N' 'lc'' o'n'i p'IoS iea''"eo
their danger ana deserted their orig
maj "''i'eH' 50 "'l' "'' t'''9' ""'
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Cons'oer' ZOO '"e many sinai w
mat frequent our soof'"rus' i"eS
nave learned not 10 rear ma" ~
great extent Ihe'r Danger me-
| which experience taught them IL was
necessary to establish, has been drawn
70 such an extent that the bros ana
right minded people become compan-
lonable ! say right minded because
the brutality of children and some
adults showing itself, the bird recog-
rizes tho fact promptly and acts ac
cordinglv Is not this a tendency to-
.ora rroyress I'm the line OF restora-
l,,a 90 Il NAV. he so called. of millen-
,,, oon,,t,onso II man had ever UNI
,.o, t,u,so,, and tho world there
.,, 80, ,o,o hoo, tha unhappy
WIN ..,, h,,n,ar,,y and animal