Show I Animal Humbugs In military stables horses are known to have pretended to be lame In order to avoid going to a military exercise A chimpanzee had been fed on cake when sick after his recovery he often feigned coughing in order to procure dainties The cuckoo as is well known lays Us eggs in another birds nest and to make the deception surer It takes away one of the other birds eggs Animals are conscious of their deceit as is shown by the fact that they try to act secretly and noiselessly noiseless-ly they show a sense of guilt If detected de-tected they take precautions in advance ad-vance to avoid discovery In some cases they manifest regret and repentance Thus bees which steal hesitate often before and after their exploits as If they feared nunlshment A naturalist describes lw his monkey committed theft while he pretended to sleep the animal regarded him with hesitation and stopped every time his master moved or seemed on the point of awakening awak-ening London Exchange |