... with her youngest clinging to her neck, and made off rapidly on all fours to the forest, and escaped. The deserted young one on seeing the approach of the men began to utter piercing cries : the mother, having disposed of her infant in safety, returned... Old Bones, Or, Notes for Young Naturalists - Page 13by William Samuel Symonds - 1861 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Owen - Animals - 1859 - 120 pages
...mother, having disposed of her infant in safety, returned to rescue the older offspring, but before she could descend with it her retreat was cut off. Seeing...survived the voyage to Havre, where it died on arriving. I have examined the skeleton of this young gorilla in the museum of natural history at Caen, and am... | |
| Richard Owen - Animals - 1859 - 118 pages
...mother, having disposed of her infant in safety, returned to rescue the older offspring, but before she could descend with it her retreat was cut off. Seeing...survived the voyage to Havre, where it died on arriving. I have examined the skeleton of this young gorilla in the museum of natural history at Caen, and am... | |
| Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...cries ; the mother having disposed of one infant, returned to the rescue of the other, but before she could descend with it, her retreat was cut off......through her -heart, and she fell with her young one clingmg to her. It was a male, and survived the voyage to Havre, where it died on arriving. The gorilla... | |
| Royal Institution of Great Britain - Science - 1862 - 574 pages
...mother, having disposed of her infant in safety, returned to rescue the older offspring, but before she could descend with it her retreat was cut off. Seeing one of the negroes level his jnusket at her, she, clasping her young with one arm, waved the other, as if deprecating the shot ;... | |
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| Royal Institution of Great Britain - Learned institutions and societies - 1862 - 570 pages
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| American periodicals - 1859 - 864 pages
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| Botany - 1859 - 510 pages
...mother, having disposed of her infant in safety, returned to rescue the older offspring, but before she could descend with it her retreat was cut off. Seeing...survived the voyage to Havre, where it died on arriving. Professor Owen had examined the skeleton of this young Gorilla in the museum of natural history at... | |
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