ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY Bl I.I.KTIX 



DINAH SELDOM WALKS ERKCT 



size, the ear is nearest to the ear of man. being 

 much smaller than the huge, wing-like ear of 

 the eliimpanzee and much larger than the ab- 

 surdly small ear of the orang. 



The short arms, long legs and mannish hands 

 and feet are all of them much nearer to the form 

 of those members in man than can be found in 

 any other member of the Order Primates. The 

 fingers and toes are sluirt. .and in walking they 

 usually lie H.it ujjon the ground, instead of 

 being doubled under ,is they are in the orang 

 and chim])anzee. The entire skin of this gorilla 

 is black. The hair is abund.mt. but not long 

 as in the orang, and on this three ye.ir old speci- 

 men it lias the peculiar gray tone of a dark- 

 colored "silvertip" grizzly be.ir. This gray 

 tone becomes much stronger with .idv.mcing 

 age; and .-in old ui.ih' g(irill,i usu.illy is as gray 

 as a badger. 



In w.ilking. our gorill;i does not st.ind erect 

 orii li.ilf the time. Her f.ivorite posture is on 

 all-lours. ;iud when she does st.ind erect, her 

 legs arc not .as str.aight as one ex|)ects to sec 

 them. The knees .arc .ilw.iys slightly bent, 

 which has the effect of gi\ing llir figure .1 

 .slightly stooping posture. 



On September 1, iyi4, Dinah weighed forty 

 and one-half pounds. Her standing height 

 was three and one-half feet, and the extreme 

 spread of her arms and hands between the tips 

 of her middle fingers was four feet two and one- 

 half inches. 



In \ iew of the food-habits of our first gorilla, 

 Dinah's menu is interesting. When her appe- 

 tite w.is ,it its best, (in September and Octo- 

 ber.) her daily food program was about as 

 follows: 



.\t S ;i. m. she took ,1 raw egg beaten uj) in 

 milk. At 10:30 she was given a fruit course, 

 consisting of the best fruits in season, whatever 

 they chanced to be, — apples, bananas, oranges, 

 pears or grapes, — two or three different kinds. 

 At 1 1 :30 she received a small ration of bread, 

 or crackers and water. At 1 :30 came her most 

 substanti.il meal, a regul.ar dinner in fact, 

 brought hot from the Rockingstone Restaurant 

 in ,1 dinner-carrier conveyed in a tight bo.\. 

 This me.il .ilw.iys contained a good cooked-meat 

 dish, either roast beef, broiled chicken, or lamb, 

 with gr.avy, m.ashed potatoes .and bread. She 

 would not eat ordinary vegetables ! She scorned 

 boiled potatoes, spinach, beans and sprouts. 



At 3 p. m. there w,is another diversion with 

 fruit .md bre.id. Between .5 .and (> o'clock she 

 recei\ed milk and a raw egg, as in the morning; 

 and .it 8:30 her day closed with a drink of plain 

 milk. 



Drinking water was either given frequently, or 

 kept .iccessible at all times. While in Mr. Gar- 



rilE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE IS HER NOSE 

 Mer liquid-brown eyes are very human-like. 



