قراءة كتاب The Human Side of Animals
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THE
HUMAN SIDE
OF ANIMALS
BY
ROYAL DIXON
AUTHOR OF "THE HUMAN SIDE OF PLANTS," "THE HUMAN SIDE OF TREES," "THE HUMAN SIDE OF BIRDS," ETC.
WITH TWO ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLORS AND
THIRTY-TWO IN BLACK-AND-WHITE
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1918, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages
MADE IN U. S. A.
TO
MARCELLUS E. FOSTER
WHO BELIEVED
NOTE
The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to his
fellow-naturalist and friend, Mr. Franklyn Everett Fitch, for carefully
reading the entire manuscript and making many scholarly and valuable
criticisms and corrections.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER | PAGE | |
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Foreword | xiii | |
I | Animals That Practise Camouflage | 1 |
II | Animal Musicians | 18 |
III | Animals at Play | 32 |
IV | Armour-Bearing and Mail-Clad Animals | 46 |
V | Miners and Excavators | 61 |
VI | Animal Mathematicians | 88 |
VII | The Language of Animals | 99 |
VIII | In Their Boudoirs, Hospitals and Churches | 120 |
IX | Self-Defence and Home-Government | 130 |
X | Architects, Engineers, and House-Builders | 150 |
XI | Food Conservers | 170 |
XII | Tourists and Sight-Seers | 181 |
XIII | Animal Scavengers and Criminals | 199 |
XIV | As the Allies of Man | 210 |
XV | The Future Life of Animals | 234 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
Recreation is as common among animals as it is among children (in Colours) | Frontispiece |
The Indians claim that the mother bison forced her calf to roll often in a puddle of red clay, so that it might be indistinguishable against its clay background | 6 |
The zebra is one of the cleverest of camouflagers. The black-and-white stripes of his body give the effect of sunlight passing through bushes | 7 |
Monkeys are the most musical of all animals. When they congregate for "concerts," as some of the tribes do, the air is filled with weird strains of monkey-music | 20 |
Cats, unlike dogs, are very fond of music. And it has been proved that their music-sense can be developed to a remarkable degree | 21 |
A happy family of polar bears. The young cubs wrestle and tumble, as playfully as two puppies. This play has much to do with their physical and mental development | 34 |
Dryptosaurus. The prehistoric animals, too, undoubtedly had their |