The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals by William T. Hornaday docx

[...]... 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 During these days of ceaseless conflict, anxiety and. . .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. .. They have their wisdom and their folly, their joys and their sorrows, their trials and tribulations As the alleged lord of creation, it is man's duty to know the wild animals truly as they are, in order to enjoy them to the utmost, to utilize them sensibly and fairly, and to give them a square deal I A SURVEY OF THE FIELD I THE LAY OF THE LAND There is a vast field of fascinating human interest, lying... as yet has been but little explored It is the Field of Animal Intelligence Of all the kinds of interest attaching to the study of the world's wild animals, there are none that surpass the study of their minds, their morals, and the acts that they perform as the results of their mental processes In these pages, the term "animal" is not used in its most common and most restricted sense It is intended... friend of the animals, this is a very proper time in which to compare them with men Furthermore, if thinking men and women desire to know the leading facts concerning the intelligence of wild animals, it will be well to consider them now, before the bravest and the best of the wild creatures of the earth go down and out under the merciless and inexorable steam roller that we call Civilization The intelligence... seductive reasoning, and the call of the wild imagination, soon will become a dreamer of dreams and a seer of visions of things that never occurred The temptation to place upon the simple acts of animals the most complex and far- fetched interpretations is a trap ever ready for the feet of the unwary It is better to see nothing than to see a lot of things that are not true In the study of animals, we have... under the mark of truth rather than above it While avoiding the folly of idealism, we also must shun the ways of the narrow mind, and the eyes that refuse to see the truth Wild animals are not superhuman demigods of wisdom; but neither are they idiots, unable to reason from cause to effect along the simple lines that vitally affect their existence Brain-owning wild animals are not mere machines of flesh... essential In a commonplace and desultory way man has been mildly interested in the intelligence of animals for at least 30,000 years The Cro- Magnons of that far time possessed real artistic talent, and on the smooth stone walls and ceilings of the caves of France they drew many wonderful pictures of mammoths, European bison, wild cattle, rhinoceroses and other animals of their period Ever since man... certain tractable wild animals, and made perpetual thralls of the horse, the dog, the cat, the cattle, sheep, goats and swine, he has noted their intelligent ways Ever since the first caveman began to hunt wild beasts and slay them with clubs and stones, the two warring forces have been interested in each other, but for about 25,000 years I think that the wild beasts knew about as much of man's intelligence... machines of flesh and blood, set agoing by the accident of birth, and running for life on the narrow-gauge railway of Heredity They are not "Machines in Fur and Feathers," as one naturalist once tried to make the world believe them to be Some animals have more intelligence than some men; and some have far better morals What Constitutes Evidence The best evidence regarding the ways of wild animals is one's . 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. it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the "legal small print," and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file concerning the intelligence of wild animals, it will be well to consider them now, before the bravest and the best of the wild creatures of the earth go down and out under the merciless and inexorable