ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
CHIMPANZEE BORN IN THE PARK 
Its diminutive size is apparent by comparison with the hand 
of the man. 
Photographed by R. L. Ditmars* 
The baby seemed more active, and occasionally 
would cry, and this acted as a signal for the 
mother to immediately sit up, shift the baby, 
and hurried readjust the straw bedding. 
On July 18, Keeper Spicer reported having 
seen the baby nursing on the left breast at 9 
A. M., for about one minute. Suzette appeared 
much brighter and took considerable food con- 
sisting of cocoa and milk, bananas and prunes. 
The baby was not so active on this day, and ap- 
peared to be noticeably thinner. It slept prac- 
tically all the time. 
Suzette moved her bedding from the front of 
the cage to the top of the sleeping boxes. She 
lay on her back with the baby in her groin or 
across her abdomen. 
On July 19, Suzette seemed in better spirits, 
and her cough was less troublesome. In addition 
to her regular food she ate some mashed potatoes 
and two lamb chops with great relish. She kept 
to her bed and rarely left it, and then only for a 
moment. In starting from her bed for food, 
she apparently brought pressure to bear on the 
infant, for it usually emitted plaintive cries, 
which caused Suzette to immediately hurry back 
to her bed, hastily rearrange the straw, and lie 
down. In a few minutes she would again start 
to leave the bed, but the baby’s cry again caused 
her to settle down, shift the baby to the other 
side, and rearrange the straw. 
On July 20, Suzette remained in her bed all 
day, and this did not afford such a good oppor- 
tunity to observe the movements of the baby. 
It had not been seen to nurse since Sunday 
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morning, July 18, nor had it been seen near the 
mother’s breast. 
On July 21, and 22nd, Suzette still kept to her 
bed. The baby seemed less active, thinner, and 
weaker in the movements of its hands and feet. 
Suzette seemed to have less interest, and to pay 
less attention to it. 
On July 22, about 9 A. M., when I appeared 
in front of Suzette’s cage at once she came from 
her bed directly toward me, and while watching 
for the movements of the baby, I saw its body 
relax, and realized it had just died. 
Suzette almost immediately seemed to realize 
that something was wrong. She became uneasy, 
and in moving away from the front of the cage 
the baby hung limp and lifeless, and ready to 
slip from her groin. 
She sat down, gazed intently at its face, gen- 
tly put her finger-tip in the baby’s mouth, and 
turned back the lips. She also put her fingers 
up in the nostrils. She carried it about as be- 
fore, but would frequently sit down and examine 
it, looking into its face with an anxious and 
puzzled expression. Several times Suzette al- 
lowed the baby to slip from her groin to the 
floor of the cage, whereupon she would immedi- 
ately pick it up again, and tuck it into its place. 
Once or twice she laid it on the straw beside 
her, and studied it intently as if she expected it 
to move. 
It was during one of these quiet intervals 
that, Suzette’s interest being attracted to an 
offering of food, the keeper succeeded in extract- 
ing the dead baby from the cage. When Suzette 
realized what had happened she became furious, 
and in her rage rushed about the cage, scream- 
LIKE A BEING FROM ANOTHER WORLD 
The ear of the chimpanzee is large and well formed. 
Photographed by R. L. Ditmars 
