. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. e of white ratsThe Rat and i j i j- the Monkeys, stands quite near a cage of monkeys. The monkeys hadalways shown somuch curiosityabout the rats thatthe keeper decidedto put one of therats in with themto see what theywould do. Theyscreamed withdelight when therat entered, andbegan to makefriends with rat was in-clined to run awayfrom them for thefirst day or two,but seeing theydid not intend todo him any harmhe lost his fearand permittedthem to fondleand caress asmuch as they they did con-stantly, stroking
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. e of white ratsThe Rat and i j i j- the Monkeys, stands quite near a cage of monkeys. The monkeys hadalways shown somuch curiosityabout the rats thatthe keeper decidedto put one of therats in with themto see what theywould do. Theyscreamed withdelight when therat entered, andbegan to makefriends with rat was in-clined to run awayfrom them for thefirst day or two,but seeing theydid not intend todo him any harmhe lost his fearand permittedthem to fondleand caress asmuch as they they did con-stantly, strokinghis fur, holdinghim in their arms,and offering himpart of their day a new ideaoccurred to theoldest monkey. He had the rat in his arms, and putting it down gently on thefloor of the cage he very cautiously sat on rat did not move, nor did it seem to objectto the queer use to wliich the monkey was puttingit. After sitting there for awhile, the monkey gotup so that the others might try it, and they were all as pleased as he had been. From that time on. the rat was in daily use as a cushion, and as themonkeys were invariably kind to it, the keeperallowed it to remain in their cage. This strangeperformance became one of the sights of the garden. An ox is about the last animal which would be ? I ^ looked upon as a performer of con-An agile Ox. ., ,,,•?,, siderable activity, and yet, as the following proves, it can be taught a certain amountof agility. A lieutenant of a cavalry regiment inBerlin succeeded in so training an ox in six monthsthat it would obey the word of command like acavalry horse. Ata recent trial of itspowers, which tookplace on a drillground, the oxtrotted, gallopedright, galloped left,and imitated thehorse in almosteverything exceptvaulting, whichwas beyond itscapacity. Theofficer was higlilycomplimented onhis perseveranceand success intraining so un-promising ananimal. A EEMAEKABLB story of the venge-ance wrought bypigeons is told bya paper at Z
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