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

About this eBook

Author

Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937

Credits

Produced by Ralph Zimmermann, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Animal behavior

Category

Text

eBook-No.

6052

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6052

Release Date

July 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE MINDS AND MANNERS OF WILD ANIMALS
3. 3.CONTENTS — 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.
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.THE MINDS AND MANNERS OF WILD ANIMALS
7. 7.I. A SURVEY OF THE FIELD
8. 8.II
9. 9.III
10. 10.IV
11. 11.V
12. 12.II. MENTAL TRAITS OF WILD ANIMALS
13. 13.VII
14. 14.VIII
15. 15.IX
16. 16.X
17. 17.XI
18. 18.XII
19. 19.XIII
20. 20.XIV
21. 21.XV
22. 22.III. THE HIGHER PASSIONS
23. 23.XIX
24. 24.XX
25. 25.XXI — IV.—THE BASER PASSIONS
26. 26.XXIII
27. 27.XXIV
28. 28.XXV
29. 29.THE CURTAIN — BY WILLIAM T. HORNADAY
30. 30.THE MINDS AND MANNERS OF WILD ANIMALS

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