Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals
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Preface
2:40 -
Chapter 1, Monkeys, etc.
48:35 -
Chapter 2, Bats
13:25 -
Chapter 3, Moles
10:13 -
Chapter 4, Hedgehogs
6:26 -
Chapter 5, Bears
21:18 -
Chapter 6, Badgers
10:27 -
Chapter 7, Weasels
7:26 -
Chapter 8, Otters
7:38 -
Chapter 9, Dogs part 1
33:24 -
Chapter 9: Dogs part 2
31:01 -
Chapter 9: Dogs part 3
42:55 -
Chapter 10, Wolves
16:55 -
Chapter 11, Foxes
7:31 -
Chapter 12, Hyaenas
7:19 -
Chapter 13, Lions
37:49 -
Chapter 14, Tigers
18:44 -
Chapter 15, Leopards, Panthers, etc.
23:05 -
Chapter 16, Cats
22:27 -
Chapter 17, Squirrels
8:02 -
Chapter 18, Rats
16:22 -
Chapter 19, Mice
7:24 -
Chapter 20, Elephants
31:47 -
Chapter 21, Hippopotamus
6:19 -
Chapter 22, Hogs
14:19 -
Chapter 23, Rhinoceroses
7:09 -
Chapter 24, Horses
28:37 -
Chapter 25, The Ass
8:54 -
Chapter 26, Camels - Dromedaries
6:58 -
Chapter 27, Llamas, etc
5:25 -
Chapter 28, Deer
10:32 -
Chapter 29, Giraffes
6:12 -
Chapter 30, Antelopes
6:59 -
Chapter 31, Goats
8:48 -
Chapter 32, Sheep
7:33 -
Chapter 33, Oxen
20:02
Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals (1852) is a public domain work.
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Arranged animal by animal, from monkeys, bats and hedgehogs through dogs, lions, elephants, horses and camels to sheep and oxen, this 1852 collection gathers true stories of how mammals behave around people. The author, who earlier wrote as Mrs. T. E. Bowdich, drew on travellers' accounts, stories from friends and her years near the Gaboon River in West Africa, and the original edition carried pictures by Harrison Weir.
The first chapter turns on her change of heart about monkeys, after Jack, the ship cook's mischievous pet, leapt onto her shoulders during a calm at sea and curled up in her lap. Later chapters tell of a lion in a Paris menagerie that refused food while its keeper was ill, a sergeant greeted by a lion he had not seen in three years, and a lion in New Orleans that guarded a bear lowered into its cage.
Written partly for young readers and city dwellers with no chance to watch animals themselves, it mixes natural history with plain storytelling. Some hunting episodes are frank about wounds, and a few remarks carry the attitudes of their day, but the author's fondness for animals is clear throughout.
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- Mrs. R. Lee
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- Biology
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