Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park
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ORANG-UTAN. lengthy periods will elapse during which it contains neither orang-utans nor chimpanzees. The Chimpanzee, {Anthropopithecus calvus), of equatorial Africa from the west coast to the central lake region, is quite as common in captivity as the orang-utan. Both structurally and m^entally this animal is very much like the orang-utan, and for keenness of intellect and susceptibility to training, it is second to none of the animals lower than man. A Chimpanzee is easily recognized by its b...lack hair and large ears. There are two or three species. The Gibbon shows off to poor advantage in a cage, but in the tree-tops it is a wonderful creature. It is like a long- armed skeleton clothed with skin and hair, animated by the spirit of an Ariel. In its home in the jungles of Borneo and southeastern Asia, it dwells in hilly forests, and never descends to the earth. When attacked, it flees down-hill, if possible, and it seems actually to fly through the tree-tops. It boldly flings itself forward through space, grasps with its hands the first available branch, swings underneath, feet foremost, and after another flight presently catches with its feet, thus actually making revolutions as it goes.
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