. Wild animals and the camera [microform]. Zoology; Animaux; Zoologie; Animals. over India and its islands. The forests are the haunts of these creatures, and they seldom venture a distance from them, being by habit arboreal. Their remarkable length of arm, and the formation of their hands and feet, the digits of which are exceedingly long, enables them to hang on to the branches of trees and spring great distances from one branch to another with a rapidity that is really extraordinary. Although living in flocks and herds, they are very timid and shy, and keep up a howling concert which can be
. Wild animals and the camera [microform]. Zoology; Animaux; Zoologie; Animals. over India and its islands. The forests are the haunts of these creatures, and they seldom venture a distance from them, being by habit arboreal. Their remarkable length of arm, and the formation of their hands and feet, the digits of which are exceedingly long, enables them to hang on to the branches of trees and spring great distances from one branch to another with a rapidity that is really extraordinary. Although living in flocks and herds, they are very timid and shy, and keep up a howling concert which can be heard at a great distance, resembling in this respect the Howling Monkeys of America. Their remarkable dexterity and velocity in get- ting from tree to tree cannot even be judged by the lightning movements they exhibit in the limited space of the com- partment they occupy in the Ape House. In confinement they are very docile, and become greatly attached to those who are attentive to them. The Lar gibbons do. 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 Dando, Walter P. (Walter Pfeffer). Toronto : Bell & Cockburn
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