, 1922-04-22
Crime Traits in Animals

DR.. william T. Hornaday. director
OF the New York Geological park. has
just completed the task of drawing to-
gether his observations Of 10 a
among wild beasts In the jungle and
In captivity and Is soon to make them
public He has given special aften-
ton to the mental and moral traits
of animals. One of DIR. Hornaday,s
astonishing concessions Is tina crime
exists among them. particularly when
they n placed in captivity. He Is
convinced. however. that they arc iezs
criminal than men. There are no
crime waves. he says. in the jungle.
wild Animal Criminals and Crime
is n of the chapter headings of DR..
Hornaday's new book, soon to BIO pub
ltehed by Scribners under the title OF
Tho Minds Inc Manners OF VIVID Ami
mails" For the last 20 years DR..
Hornaday has been answering ques-'
tons about wild animals and their
ways. He a been written to and
called by telephone from all over the
country by persons who wanted to
know which wild animal he consid-
cred tho most intelligent. or IL it is
r h a 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 40 years.
DR.. Hornaday wrote the nswer to
all the questions tina enter the minds
Of visitors to tbs zoo, and moro be-
sides. and put them in 1.-THE Minds and
Manners of Wild Animals"
On the subject Of jungle crime Dr..
Hornaday make it plain that about
the only felony to which beasts are ak,
dicted is murder. There isn't much
banditry in the Jungle. The principle,
whats yours is and what's
mine Is mine is pretty strictly ad-
hered to. A monkey. for Instance, II
he has picked a couple of particularly
largo and fine bananas, doesn't show
them to every monkey he meets. He
slows them in his elastic cheek
pouches, and keeps them there until
he is ready to eat.
An the emotions OF wild animals are
revealed moro sharply in captivity. DIT.
Hornaday says The crime producing
emotions. jealousy, hatred, desire for
revenge. lust for innocent blood, are
all fattened by prolonged contact with
men As a clear case Of animal muir
der he tells the story Of Lopez, a
jaguar at the zoo. and the female
which was obtained rs a companion
for him. Lopez caressed her through
the bars for two 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
jungies Of southern India, with the ex-
ception of constant swearing on the
part of big black monkeys. he could
count on his fingers h number OF
times he heard animals raise their
voices to communicate with one an
other.
That they can and do communicate,
Dr.. Hornaday believes there is no ques-
ton For the most part it is a sign
language, but there are a few sounds
used mi understood by the apes. The
sloth bear, when lie warns an enemy,
says, "Ashl AchY' and grizzly, 'Woofr'
An bears in distress call. .Er-wow-oo-
oo-ocfr' Elephants have a peculiar
trumpetfng call for the assembling Of
the herd.
Association with men makes animals
moro taIkative. Dr. Hornaday declares.
Domestic chickens. he points out, have
. vocabulary which they use constantly
while fowl have not
The narnyard warning to beware the
hawk is "Coori Corol' Murderl Hclpi
is 'Kee-owki Kee-Owkr' Come on is
f"Cfuck! Cluckr' Food is here Is Cook
cook-cook-cookr' Alarm is made known
by "Cut-cut-cutdahcutr'
Dr. Hornaday finds that the animal
whose mind most closely approaches
that Of man is the chimpAn1ee NEXT
In order comes the orang, with the In
dian elephant. the domestic dog and
the horse practically ABREAST
Como Of the chapter headings IN the
book are: The Morals Of wild AMI
mails. Fighting Among Wild Animals,
The Language of Animals. The Bright
est Minds Among Animals, The Men
tai and Moral Traits of Bears, The
Mind of h Elephant. Plays and Pas
: times of Wild Animals