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Show MONKEYS WITH LONG N03E8 A Specimen of a Rare Variety Arrives In Hamburg From Borneo. Most monkeys have nothing but noso holes, and no real nose, as we consider It. But thcro Is a monkey in Borneo that has a long noso, longer oven than that of particularly long-nosed long-nosed human beings. A specimen of this monkey, known as the proboscis monkey, has Just been brought nllvu to Europe, and Is now In Hamburg. The queer creaturo has attracted much attention. It lookB grotesquely human-like very much like a man who has put on a big artificial nose for fun. Tho monkey can move his nose upward up-ward or downward, and ho can make It stick out straight from his face. It Is very rare to find proboscis monkeys In captivity. Most of them die beforo they get much farther than Suoz because they aro Tory sonsitlve to the changes In temperature and to the conditions of captivity. Tho ono In Hamburg has been namod "Ktkl." Ho looks oxtromoly mild and gentle, but his reputation Is different. Ho Is accused of being wicked and treacherous. |