. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. ro THE HALF-MONKEYS OR LEMCROWS. is about fifteen inches ; that of the tail, barely one inch. The Slow Loris is difficult to study in its wild state, but we know that it lives with its family, sleeps during the day in hollow trees, and goes on its search for food at dusk. The animal has rarely been seen in its wild state by Europeans. In captivity Lorises are gentle, patient and mel- ancholy. All day long they sit crouching down and leaning their h
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. ro THE HALF-MONKEYS OR LEMCROWS. is about fifteen inches ; that of the tail, barely one inch. The Slow Loris is difficult to study in its wild state, but we know that it lives with its family, sleeps during the day in hollow trees, and goes on its search for food at dusk. The animal has rarely been seen in its wild state by Europeans. In captivity Lorises are gentle, patient and mel- ancholy. All day long they sit crouching down and leaning their heads against their crossed arms. One of them was once tied to a rope and it would repeat- edly lift the fetter with a sad little gesture of seem- ing complaint; but it never tried to break its bonds. At first it snapped several times at its keeper, but a few light punishments sufficed to teach it self-re- straint. When petted it would take the hand which caressed it, press it to its breast and look up into the sympathetic face with half-closed eyes. At dusk it would rouse itself; first looking around with eyes yet full of sleep, rub them, and then begin to wander about the cage. Ropes had been tied all ahout and it would climb upon them. It was fond of fruits and milk but had a special liking only for birds and insects. When such game was proffered, it would cautiously approach, as if on tiptoe, and at about a foot's distance would stand up, softly stretch its arm and then, with one movement, quick as lightning, make a dash for its prey and strangle it. The Slow Loris I have seen and observed but two and its living Slow Lorises; the first, only by Peculiar Traits, day, jn the Zoological Garden at Amsterdam. It was not quite so kindly a creature as I had expected. Either it was annoyed by our disturbing it, or else it was irritable by nature. In any event it was highly indignant at our intrusion. It spat like a Cat, and explained its meaning still wreaking this revenge, it slowl
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