The New York herald., 1922-04-17

finds Wild ANIMALS
have crime TRAITS
Dr.. Hornaday Tells About
Mental and Moral Atti-
tude OF Beasts He Met.
COVERS FORTY YEARS
Murder Their Fayorite Der
election, While Few Run
at All to Banditry.
EMOTIONS ARE REVEALED
Have Plays and Pastimes in
Junglc-Capitiyity Adds to
Fcrocity of Some.

DR.. William T. HornadaN director
Of the New York Geological Park, has
Just completed the task of drawing to-
gether his observations of forty years
among wild beasts in the jungle and
in captivity and is soon to make .hem
public. lie has given special atten-
ton to the mental and moral traits
of animals. One of DR.. Hornaday' s
astonishing concessions is that crime
exists among them. particularly when
they are placed in captivity. He is
convinced, however. that they are less
criminal than men. There are no
crime waves. he says. in the jungle.
''Wild Animal Criminals and Crime
Is one of the chapter headings OF DIR.
Hornaday's new book. soon to be pub
lishcd by Scribner's under the title OF
'The Minds and Manners of Wild Ami
mails For the last twenty years DR..
Hornaday has been answering questions
about wild animals and their ways. He
has been written to and called by tclc-
phone from all over the country by per-
sons who wanted to know which wild
animal he considered the most intelli-
gent. or If it is true that apes can walk
as they do in the Tarzan books.
Partly in self-defense and chiefly be-
cause he knew he had something to tell
out of the observations of forty years.
DR.. Hornaday wrote the answers to all
the questions that enter the minds Of
visitors to the zoo. and more besides.
and put them in '@rhe Minds and Man
ners of Wild Animals"
Possession In Nine Points.
On the subject OF jungle crime Or.
Hornaday makes it plain that about
dicted is murder. There isn't much
banditry in the jungle. The principla
what's yours is yours and what $
mine Is mine" Is pretty strictly adj
hcred to. A monkey. for instance. II
he has picked a couple OF particularly
large and fine bananas. doesn't show
them to every monkey he meets. He
stows them in his elastic cheek pouches.
and keeps them there until he is ready
to cat.
All the emotions of wild animals are
revealed more sharply In captivity. Dr..
Hornaday says. The crime producing
emotions jealousy, hatred. desire for
revenge. lust for innocrnr blood. are all
fattened by prolonged contact with men.
AS clear case of animal murder he
tells the story OF Lopez, a jaguar at
the zoo, and the female which was oh
tanned as companion for him. Lopez
caressed her through the bars for tw
days before she was admitted to his
cage. AS soon as she entered he bit
through her neck and killed her.
As for language among animals. DR..
Hornaday says they have learned that
silence promotes peace and long life.
During all the time he spent in the
jungles of southern India. with the ex-
cepton OF constant swearing on the
part OF big black monkeys. he could
count on his fingers the number OF
times he heard animals raise their
voices to communicate with one an
other.
Language Mostly by signs.
That they can and do communicate.
DR.. Hornaday believes there is no ques-
tion. For the most part ii is a sign
language, but there are n few sounds
used and understood by the apes. The
sloth bear. when he warns an enemy.
says. "Ach Ach - and grizzly, "Woof r.
Ali bears IN distress call. "Err-wow -oo-
co-oof.' Elephants have a peculiar
trumpeting call FOR the assembling OF
the herd.
Association with men makes animals
more talkative. DR.. Hornaday declares.
Domestic chickens. he points out. have
vocabulary which they use constantly.
while jungle fowl have not
The barnyard warning TO beware tho
hawk is 'Coor Coor.r Murder, Help
Is 'kee-OwlS IIce-OwlS y Come on Il
.Cluck, CluclSi' Food Is here is Cook
cook cookbook !" Alarm Is made knowr
hy "Cut-cut-cut-dah cut -
DR.. Hornaday finds that the animal
whose mind most closely approache,
that OF man is the caimpanzec. Mex,
in order comes the orang. with the In.
dian elephant. the domestic dos ant
the horse practically abreast.
Some Of the chapter headings In thc
book arc The Morals of wild Animals
Fighting Among Wild Animals. Ths
Language OF Animals. Tho Brghtcs
Minds Among Animals. The Mental and
Moral Traits OF Bears. The Mind o.
the Elephant. Plays and Pastimes ol
Wild Animals.