A NATURE NOTE.
Though we cannot always be sure of the causes, it is a fact that_ many animals weep just as human beings do, and often for similar reasons. Dogs, monkeys and elephants all weep, the last named being quite a "cry baby'' when wounded or its escape is cut off. Calves shed tears very easily and all the cud-chewing animals have the power to weep. Stags and bears both cry when their end is approaching, according to the statement of sportsmen, .who also tell us that the giraffe is equally sensitive and will regard with tearfilled eyes the one who has wounded it. Many thoughtless boys, and men, too, for that matter, seem to think that animals have no feeling, and that cruel treatment does not matter much. It matters a great deal and even in the case of animals that cannot relieve themselves with tears a glance at the creature's eyes should be sufficient to indicate the suffering they are enduring.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 194, 17 August 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)
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A NATURE NOTE.
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 194, 17 August 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)
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