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The Speech of Monkeys
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R. L. Garner
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I
have
made
scores
of
experiments
on
this
subject,
and
I
find
this
sign
a
fixed
factor
of
expression.
In
one
case,
where
I
tried
to
induce
a
monkey
to
allow
me
to
take
him
into
my
hands
from
the
hand
of
his
master,
he
would
shake
his
head
each
time,
and
make
a
peculiar
sound
somewhat
like
a
suppressed
cluck.
I
would
try
to
coax
him
with
nuts,
in
response
to
which
he
would
make
the
same
sound
and
sign
each
time,
and
his
actions
showed
beyond
all
controversy
his
intention.
I
had
taught
a
monkey
to
drink
milk
from
a
bottle
by
sucking
it
through
a
rubber
nipple,
and
after
he
had
satisfied
his
thirst,
when
I
would
try
to
force
the
bottle
to
his
lips,
he
would
invariably
respond
by
a
shake
of
the
head
in
the
manner
described,
and
at
the
same
time
utter
a
clucking
sound.
I
tried
many
similar
experiments
with
three
or
four
other
monkeys,
and
secured
the
same
result
in
each
case.
In
another
instance,
where
a
monkey
was
confined
in
a
small
cage
so
that
I
could
easily
catch
him
in
order
to
tame
him
by
handling,
when
I
would
put
my
hand
into
the
cage
to
catch
him,
he
would
shake
his
head
in
this
manner
and
accompany
the
act
by
a
plaintive
sound
which
was
so
touching,
that
I
could
not
obtain
my
own
consent
to
persecute
the
little
prisoner
by
compelling
him
to
submit
to
my
caresses.
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