Animal life in the sea and on the land . Fi£. 277.—Chimpanzee. 13. Chimpanzees.—Chimpanzees are natives of WesternAfrica. They have no hair on the hands and face, andnone on their large, rounded ears. Altogether their generalresemblance to man is decidedly grotesque. Their arms 404 ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEA AND ON THE Fig. 2*78.—Gorillas. are shorter than the orangs, still they fall below the can walk erect, although they seldom do so, theirhabit being to bend forward and rest upon their hands asthey move about. They live in companies in the woods, MONKEYS. 405 and form nests amo
Animal life in the sea and on the land . Fi£. 277.—Chimpanzee. 13. Chimpanzees.—Chimpanzees are natives of WesternAfrica. They have no hair on the hands and face, andnone on their large, rounded ears. Altogether their generalresemblance to man is decidedly grotesque. Their arms 404 ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEA AND ON THE Fig. 2*78.—Gorillas. are shorter than the orangs, still they fall below the can walk erect, although they seldom do so, theirhabit being to bend forward and rest upon their hands asthey move about. They live in companies in the woods, MONKEYS. 405 and form nests among the branches near the tamed, chimpanzees have sometimes been taughtto eat their food with a spoon at the table, and to imitatesome other customs of human beings. 14. Gorillas.—Much larger and more ferocious than thechimpanzees are the gorillas of Western Africa, which areoften found six feet in height. These strong animals livein bands, and build nests which are occupied only at are now generally considered to be the most high-ly developed of the apes. 406 ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEA AND ON THE LAND. LX. MAN. SUB-KINGDOM, VERTEBRATA : CLASS, MAMMALIA. We have now traced the gradual development of animallife upon our earth, from the simple forms to the extreme-ly complex ones, and our o
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