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Show Tf How Gorillas Make BattVfc "The prcwdllnc belief tent irerJltos use ctuos when they nftnctfeaeh other or their enemies is nn entirely erroneous erro-neous one." writes n traveler. "They do nothing of the sort, nnd how such au impression ever came to exist or how old time African explorers ever camo to formulate such n theory is be- : yond my comprehension. During a long sojourn in that country I bad am pie opportunities to learn tho truth about them, and what 1 discovered there was subsequently conflmiPd during dur-ing n protracted hunting trip in Iter neo. "Tho fact is that In fighting each otner or in nttncuing or uofcudlng themselves from other enemies they depend entirely upon their teeth, which aro abnormally strong and sharp and cut like a razor. They are clumsv on their feet, but the onortnom strength of their powerful arms more thati makes up for this deficiency, in fighting fight-ing they almost Invariably attack tho faces or the limbs of their adversaries. ' "In the case of human beings or ' members of the monkey trlbo the goril-' la's favorite point of attack lithe hand nnd especially the finger " J |