126 VOICE AND "language" OF CHIMPANZEES 



move them carefully with her tongue before she allowed the 

 washing to proceed. 



D., a twelve-year-old boy, was Chim's most devoted 

 playfellow, and Chim seemed especially to enjoy their romps 

 together. Panzee tolerated their play, but now and then 

 grew anxious for Chim. One day thinking D. too rough, she 

 reached out as he came near her, and objected: 



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ooh 



Then, as the play grew noisier, she uttered these notes of the 

 scale in tones that were vivid with active, emotional quality: 



-m 



> 1 [^ 1 P 



TV i U* -1 k 



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ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh 



And again a similar phrase, higher in pitch and more intense: 



^^^^^^ 



23S 



/ 



ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh 



On another occasion she expressed her displeasure more 

 mildly with tones that sounded like the soft beat of kettle- 

 drums: 



:^- ^ r ^ f 



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ooh ooh ooh ooh 



