This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... Wolves and Wolf Nature . The dog is usually regarded as the most intelligent of quadrupeds. Perhaps we think him so because we see more of him than we do of any other domestic animal, and perhaps a part of his intelligence is derived from his long association with man; but at all events it is very ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... Wolves and Wolf Nature . The dog is usually regarded as the most intelligent of quadrupeds. Perhaps we think him so because we see more of him than we do of any other domestic animal, and perhaps a part of his intelligence is derived from his long association with man; but at all events it is very great by comparison with that of the other animals which we know. Wolves are only wild dogs, and their intelligence should be of a high order. That it is so, all who have had much opportunity for observation are agreed. The Indian recognizes the wolf as the embodiment of craft and smartness, as is shown by the name for scout in the Indian sign language. He also regards the wolf as a friend, and among some tribes there are people who claim to understand the language of the wolves, and to hold communication with them, receiving friendly warning of the approach of danger. From the hilltop, the wolf barks at the Indian hunter as he passes along, and the hunter calls back a cheery greeting "in his own tongue. The white hunter acknowledges the wolf's intelligence, and is divided between his admiration for it and his hatred of the animal for the harm it does. As a rule the gray wolf is regarded as less intelligent than the little coyote, whose smartness, however, almost makes up for his lack of size. In discussing wild animals, we are all very much disposed to consider the species as a whole, and to deal in general terms, jumping to the conclusion that all the individuals of a kind are exactly alike, and not taking into account the marked variation between different individuals, for we consider only their physical aspect. We forget that to each individual of the species there is a psychological side; that these animals have intelligence, reason, ...
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