MONKEYS FOILED
CURE FOR BAD HABIT LAWYER CANE FOR ROPE The spider monkey at Taronga Park Sydney, a source of delight to all young visitors—and most older visitors •created a difficult problem for the zoo officials. The monkeys developed an irritating habit of biting through the ropes placed in the cage for them for climbing purposes. Having bitten through the ropes, the monkeys proceeded to unravel the manila. A rope in the cage lasted, as a rule, about 24 hours. This habit, though amusing for the monkeys and visitors to Taronga Park, was rather expensive. Nevertheless, it was necessary that a rope of some sort should be provided. Of what use would a monkey be without something to climb? It is now believed that the problem has been solved. Recently a consignment of 600yds. or 700yds. of lawyer cane arrived from New Guinea. This will be placed in the spider monkeys’ cage instead of rope. A Taronga Park official, looking hopefully at the cane, said, “That will puzzle them.” r I he consignment, was forwarded to Taronga Park by Mr. Boyd Whitehead of Soraken, Mandated Territory. He also sent three tree-climbing kangaroos, two eclectus parrots, and four black-capped lowries.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 298, 18 December 1933, Page 8
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