MONKEYS' REUNION AND RECOGNITION.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 58, 8 March 1913, Page 17

MONKEYS' REUNION AND RECOGNITION.

"That monkeys recognise old acquaint-

ances and blood relations as human beings do there can be no doubt," declared the keeper of a Chicago Zoo. , "When we turned a batch of monkeys newly arrived from Africa and New York Into the big cage, there was hurry on the part of the old residents to look the ( strangers over. At once there were strange recognitions. Several pairs of monkeys, j with glad cries, dashed up to one another and embraced affectionately, some even kissing as they wound their long tails together and chattered. "Several of the African monkeys found new arrivals which had previously been kidnapped by animal seekers In the Dark Continent. The new monkeys are now quite at home, the strangers having been introdiiced and shown around the privileges and restrictions of their new home. Another sidelight on the monkey comes from Richmond, Indiana. Edward Hollaran, superintendent of the Zoo there, suggested to the Board of Works that the Police Department turn over to him all whisky confiscated in raids or taken from men arrested for intoxication when they chance to have a bottle on them. Mr Hollaran explained that it had long been a custom at the park to give the monkeys whisky, and they have become sc confirmed In the habit that they "demand" their drinks. Heretofore, the superintendent explained, he has been buying whisky for the monkeys at the city's expense.