The "Wou-wou", or silvery gibbons, 1845. 'The "Wou-Wou" or "Moloch,"...is a native of Malacca. It derives its specific name from its peculiar cry, which is a gutteral scream resembling, according to the natives, the sound "wou-wou"; is very loud, and may be often heard resounding at vast distances through the mighty diet is composed of lettuces, potatoes, bread, oranges, apples, &c.; they will drink milk, tea, or chocolate, but no beer or fermented liquors, being in this respect of far more temperate habits than the Chimpanzees or Ora
The "Wou-wou", or silvery gibbons, 1845. 'The "Wou-Wou" or "Moloch,"...is a native of Malacca. It derives its specific name from its peculiar cry, which is a gutteral scream resembling, according to the natives, the sound "wou-wou"; is very loud, and may be often heard resounding at vast distances through the mighty diet is composed of lettuces, potatoes, bread, oranges, apples, &c.; they will drink milk, tea, or chocolate, but no beer or fermented liquors, being in this respect of far more temperate habits than the Chimpanzees or are seen to the greatest advantage when amusing themselves among the ropes with which their apartment is furnished - their long arms and extreme tenacity of grasp enabling them to spring from one cord to the other with surprising confidence, and with almost bird-like velocity'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.
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