THE SOUL-LIFE OF ANIMALS 



rather psychical than ])hysical; they liad all been de- 

 prived of the society and care of their mothers, who 

 had been killed. I made a goat take the place of the 

 mother rhinoceros, and in a few days the young ani- 

 mal formed such a close friendship with the goat that 

 they became inseparable. Even to-day, in the confine- 

 ment of the zoological gardens, the rhinoceros clings to 

 his old friend the goat and her offspring. 



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EUROPEAN STORKS IN AFRICA 



I am convinced that the friendshi]j between my 

 rhinoceros and the goat and her kid is prompted by 

 purely altruistic, ethical motives. 



One can read in most books on animals that the 

 rhinoceros is credited with a particularly large amount 

 of stupidity. This is true if we compare this animal's 

 mind w4th the many-sided and well-developed human 

 mind. But this same animal is, in certain respects, 

 so highlv devel()])ed mentally, tliat it has so far suc- 

 ceeded, like the elephant, in esca])ing total destruc- 

 tion at the hand of man. In this regard it has Ijcen 



