Garland Globe | 1907-01-12 | Page 6 | Animals That Shed Tears

ANIMAL8 THAT SHED TEARS. I Travelers' Observations Have Proved That Weeping Is Common. Travelers through tho Syrian desert havo seon horses weep from thirst, a mule has been seen to cry from the pain ot an Injured foot nnd camels, it Is said, shed tears In streams, says a writer in Harper's Weekly. A cow sold by Its mistress who had tended young soko apo used to cry from vexation vexa-tion If Livingston didn't nurso It In his arms when It naked him to. Wounded npes havo died crying, nhA npes have wept ovor tholr young blalw by hunters. A chimpanzee trained to carry water Jugs broke ono nnd fell n-crylng, which proved Borrow, though It wouldn't mend tho Jug. Hats, discovering dis-covering their young drowned, havo been moved to tenrs. A glrafto which a huntsman's rlllo had Injured began to cry when npproached. Sea Hons often weep over tho loss of their young. Gordon Cummin ;a observed tears trickling down tho face of a dying dy-ing elephant. And oven nn orangoutang orang-outang when deprived of Its mango was so vexed that It took to weeping. Thoro Is little doubt, therefore, thnt animals do cry from grief or weep from pain or annoyance.