The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observations

Produced by Ralph Zimmermann, Charles Franks

THE MINDS AND MANNERS OF WILD ANIMALS - A BOOK OF PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY WILLIAM T. HORNADAY

TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK, WHOSE SAFETY DEPENDS UPON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE MINDS OF WILD ANIMALS, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION AND REGARD - I. A SURVEY OF THE FIELD

II. MENTAL TRAITS OF WILD ANIMALS - VI. THE BRIGHTEST MINDS AMONG ANIMALS VII. KEEN BIRDS AND DULL MEN VIII. THE MENTAL STATUS OF THE ORANG-UTAN IX. THE MAN-LIKENESS OF THE CHIMPANZEE X. THE TRUE MENTAL STATUS OF THE GORILLA XI. THE MIND OF THE ELEPHANT XII. THE MENTAL AND MORAL TRAITS OF BEARS XIII. MENTAL TRAITS OF A FEW RUMINANTS XIV. MENTAL TRAITS OF A FEW RODENTS XV. THE MENTAL TRAITS OF BIRDS XVI. THE WISDOM OF THE SERPENT XVII. THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS - III. THE HIGHER PASSIONS - XVIII. THE MORALS OF WILD ANIMALS XIX. THE LAWS OF THE FLOCKS AND HERDS XX. PLAYS AND PASTIMES OF WILD ANIMALS XXI. COURAGE IN WILD ANIMALS - IV. THE BASER PASSIONS - XXII. FEAR AS A RULING PASSION XXIII. FIGHTING AMONG WILD ANIMALS XXIV. WILD ANIMAL CRIMINALS AND CRIME XXV. FIGHTING WITH WILD ANIMALS - THE CURTAIN. - PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE MINDS AND MANNERS OF WILD ANIMALS - MAN AND THE WILD ANIMALS

I. A SURVEY OF THE FIELD - I - THE LAY OF THE LAND

II. WILD ANIMAL TEMPERAMENT AND INDIVIDUALITY