Intelligence Of Monkeys
Once Stung, Always Careful “Most animals of the higher grades are able to think and reason,” said Superintendent Kendall, in a lecture in London. He told the story ot a monkey that was given a paper bag containing bread in which a wasp had been accidentally imprisoned. The monkey ate the food and was stung. Afterwards, when food in bags was given to either the same 1 monkey or to its companions, they would hold the bag to their ears, shake them, and listen in order to find out whether a wasp Was inside before they ate the food. This monkey, added the superintendent, not only used bis reasoD, but communicated his experience tohis companions^
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Northland Age, Volume 28, Issue 3, 14 December 1927, Page 2
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