. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 54 THE APES AND MONKEYS. one realizes that the poor animals, neither in the wild state nor in captivity, show any graceful feature or anything to enliven the monotony of their lives. General During the day the highest trees in the Traits of forests are the favorite haunts of the Howlers. Howlers ; in the gloaming they retire to the lower trees, whose foliage is made thicker by creepers, and here they sleep. Slowly they climb from branch to branch, selecting
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. 54 THE APES AND MONKEYS. one realizes that the poor animals, neither in the wild state nor in captivity, show any graceful feature or anything to enliven the monotony of their lives. General During the day the highest trees in the Traits of forests are the favorite haunts of the Howlers. Howlers ; in the gloaming they retire to the lower trees, whose foliage is made thicker by creepers, and here they sleep. Slowly they climb from branch to branch, selecting leaves and buds, W-. â. others ; and so loud were the cries that one was nearly deafened by them. The noise could be heard at a distance of two miles. The roaring of the Tigers which so terrified Pichegru and his friends on their flight from Cayenne to Surinam, probably was nothing but a concert given by Howlers, for the uproar they make may well frighten any one who hears it for the first time and does not know that it is created by these harmless Monkeys. Why these animals should howl so I really do not know. In Guiana it is believed that they howl only at the rise of the tide; but this is not correct, as they will sometimes howl at any hour of the da}-. The Howler is lazy and melancholy; he jumps only when pursued; ordinarily he deliber- ately climbs about, always holding fast to some object with his tail. Captured young, he becomes tame and plays with Cats and Dogs, but is usually sad. If a person he has taken a fancy to leaves him, his cries become a nuisance. Howlers emit a peculiar, ill-smelling odor, by which one traveling through the forests they inhabit can easily detect their proximity. The females never give birth to more than one young one at a time. Their chief enemy is the Eagle. When Howlers are shot at they make their escape as quickly as possible. It is an amusing sight when, in its fright, a half- grown young one jumps on the back of an old male in order to
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