Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History

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Genus Periophthalmus (mudskippers) Identifier: animallifeworldo119021903lond (find matches)
Title: Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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sum up, probably the elephant is the cleverest of all animals, both in originalcapacity and the faculty for its development by education. The dog has most sympathyand occasionally very great intelligence, readily improved by teaching. The beaver isthe greatest of conscious animal specialists. (How far ants and insects work by thoughtis not known; but the beaver evidently does think.) The apes and monkejs are toolike clever lunatics, and good for little either to themselves or others. 07 C^^.^ NOTICE. Eeaders are invited to send in for publication any authenticated (and hitherto unpublished)instance of animal intelligence which may have come under tlieir notice—if accompanied with aphotograph so much the better. Other contributions, literary and photographic, are cordiallyinvited. Intending contributors are requested to refer to page 5 for information regardingMSS., etc. Owing to the pressure on our space the monthly Notes and Comments have beenunavoidably held over from this issue.
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