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Title: The babyhood of wild beasts
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: McNally, Georgia Maud, 1889-
Subjects: Zoology Animal behavior
Publisher: New York : George H. Doran company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ittle fur foot robe tokeep her feet warm while on these daily airings. When she returns she has her dinner servedby a special waiter. She is two years old andeats everything. Her dinner consists of soup,hot roast beef and gravy, fresh bread, oranges,apples, pineapples or bananas for dessert. Dinahrolls her brown eyes with pleasure when a bananais given her. I think that it is her favourite fruit. She takes her soup with a spoon and is learn-ing to handle a knife and fork. She insists onhaving a napkin. She IS very fond of eggs and eats two for herbreakfast every morning. She holds the egg inher hand and after chipping off the end lifts itto her mouth and drinks it. Dinah takes bread and milk for her supper.She eats it from a bowl with her own silver spoon. For several months Dinah suffered from thatdreaded disease, infantile paralysis, but, thanksto medical science and her wonderful nurse, shehas recovered. During her illness she was con-fined in a large airy room with two little dogs
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After the New York Zoologieal Society Bulletin Dinah, this baby Ciorillu, is very proud when lier nuise dresses her in her white bonnet and cloak and takes her for an airing in the baby carriage. She is two years old and weighs forty pounds. When full grown, at fourteen years of age, she may tip the scales at five or six hundred pounds. BABY GORILLAS 143 for company. Now she is able to clamber overthe foot of her bed and romp with the dogs. Sheholds her own with them in a rough-and-tumblescuffle. Dinah loves children. She climbs on her win-dow-sill and looks longingly at the youngsters.Then she beats her head on the windowpane toattract attention and waves her little hand in hermost fetching manner. She has a kind, sweetdisposition and is very affectionate to those sheis acquainted with. I am glad to be able to tell you of these pleasantincidents Ive witnessed in Gorilla society becausethe Gorilla has a black reputation. He is knownas the largest, fiercest and ugliest of apes. Heis fe

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