Emery County Progress | 1905-04-22 | Page 2 | Monkeys as Gay Wags

MONKEYS AS GAY WAGS observation proves they have a sense of humor recently a monkey got the b better ot the common enemy the carrion crow by feigning illness he was fastened to a bamboo pale pule with a running ring when he ild was on his perch the crows annoyed him by stealing from his por ringer on the ground one morn ng they had been special ly ty disagreeable he closed his eyes and feigned a bad illness when bis his days day s food was brought the crows descended s e n d e d upon f it t and he had scarcely str up ode nan id strength e n g t h to 0 defend e it by vy good acting he managed to capture one of the crows to pluck it alive was the obvious course then instead of pulling it to pieces like the king monkey whom kipling and sir edward buck watched enjoying a sim liar ilar triumph in simla this monkey tossed the crow into the air where its own companions tell fell upon it and killed it monkeys certainly have a sense of tun fun darwin used to spend hours watching wat chinga a oung young female in the zoology cal gardens and waa was sure that she had the comic sentiment she delighted to put on her head like a cap a peculiar shaped bowl which had a droll effect and she was sensitive to the effect which her joke produced upon the spectators lahore tribune