BLEEDING HEARTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19008, 2 November 1923, Page 8

BLEEDING HEARTS.

BABOONS FOR LONDON. Nine sacred baboons (the white-mantled Hamadryads) lately arrived in London from Abyssinia. They have been brought from the wilds by Mr G. R. Chapman, who has taken over the late Mr Huralyn’s famous menagerie. Sacred baboons are very rare in Europe, and there is only one at the zoo, this having been brought over in April last. When introduced to a Daily Chronicle representative at the private menagerie in St. George's road. E., recently, they appeared quite cheerful as they sat in a row. They are all males, and one of them now and then uttered a sharp barking sound, as if to warn the others of strangers. Even rarer visitors were seen housed next to the sacred baboons. These are eight bleeding heart baboons, also from Abyssinia, and they are so called because of the curious heart-shaped marking on their chests. There is not a zoo in Europe with any of these rare creatures. Particularly attractive were a pair of these animals, a male and a female—the only female in captivity -and the couple are' already obviously fond of each other. Mr Chapman was unloading another consignment of rare animals from India, and the six Wnnderroo monkeys, little black fellows with artful eyes, arrived just in time to have their photos taken. Their fellows on hoard the Manipur wore some cranes. Homebody bad carefully written on the box: “Those cranes peck; look out for eves.’’ Anyone looking too closely at the wooden bars could understand this, for when approached their long bills flashed cut like razor blacles.