NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK, 85 
HUMBOLDT WOOLLY MONKEY 
distress. In captivity gibbons are shy and nervous, and 
take life very seriously. 
Orp-Wor._p Monkeys, 
The Baboons have been specially designed by Nature for 
life upon the ground, surrounded by dangerous enemies. 
But for their big canine teeth, their fierce tempers and bull- 
dog courage, backed by a fine combination of strength 
and agility, the lions, leopards,. hyenas and jackals of 
Africa would have exterminated them all, ages ago. They 
were not formed to become hand-organ beasts of burden, 
nor even companions to man, but rather to fight off their 
enemies, and bluff even the king of beasts when occasion 
requires. In captivity, their strength and ferocity always 
inspires respect, and sometimes genuine terror. At all 
times they require to be treated as dangerous animals. 
Of the various species of baboons on exhibition in the 
Primate House, the full-grown Mandrill is the most inter- 
esting, and wonderful. It seems like an animal not of this 
earth, and reminds the visitor of one of the great beasts of 
the visions of St. John the Divine. The home of this species 
is in West Africa, and it is found from Senegambia to the 
Congo. The long shaggy hair, lion-like appearance, the 
peculiar color markings of the face, and the indescribable 
grimaces, instantly fix the attention of every visitor. 
