. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. 250 BEASTS AND MEN three older walruses when the five new arrivals were first introduced to them at Stellingen. These five were brought along to their new home in cages placed in a cart. Before ever the cart arrived in sight of the old walruses, the latter appeared to know that some of their kind were near at hand. Whether they smelt them or heard them I cannot say ; but the fact remains that they fell into a state of extraordinary excitement. Th
. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. 250 BEASTS AND MEN three older walruses when the five new arrivals were first introduced to them at Stellingen. These five were brought along to their new home in cages placed in a cart. Before ever the cart arrived in sight of the old walruses, the latter appeared to know that some of their kind were near at hand. Whether they smelt them or heard them I cannot say ; but the fact remains that they fell into a state of extraordinary excitement. The male came out of the water, followed by the two females, and they all three set up a terrific bellowing. It was curi- ous to note how thev foamed at the mouth and how their eyes be- came bloodshot with excitement. When the young ones were re- leased from their cages the older residents received them with every sign of a warm welcome, coming up all round them and sniffinor at them. Indeed the high intelligence and sense of fellowship which has been sup- posed to characterise these ani- mals was fully borne out on the present occasion. I called to the keeper to bring some fish and we then straightway commenced to feed the creatures. Feeding walruses when they are first caught is not a very easy matter. I am told that in the case of the last consignment, the first two cubs to be captured refused to eat for nine days. The third, however, only fasted for two days, and it was through his good example that the others also commenced to eat. When the whole party arrived at Stellingen there was no difficulty, for they quickly. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hagenbeck, Carl, 1844-1913. London, New York [etc. ] : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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