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Kowloon. Dep. 8.40 9.05
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MORE ABOUT DUROV AND HIS PETS.
THE REACTION OF ANIMALS TOWARD HUMAN BEINGS.
EAGLES FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE
[By EUGENE LYONS, United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Moscow-Do animals' talk? The question was directed to Vladimir
notes.
He
The Characters of Fish, in the lions' den down-be explains. Eren fish have character, Durov in simple scientific terms." believes. Their ways of life may be showed the correspondent a record studied, directed and altered. In of the visits of a pensant whom connection with his studies of connoimals accepted without fear as ditional reflexes" (a science car- one of their own. This peasant was ried to its highest point in Russia gentle, mentally defective person, and in the world by Prol. Ivan He came to Durov on some other Pavlol), Durov is engaged in exerraad and Durov immediately re haustive experiments on the bemarked the strange attitude of the haviour of fish under the stimulus animals. When this peasant spoke, flights, sounds, various chemicals, even the birds kept quiet and listen ed intently. The wild animals came The possibilities for guiding and towards him and looked into his Im-controlling character grow as we
ascend in the scale of animal life. Yes as they would into the eyes of ran to Duroy has done amazing things in
this line.
Durov, who has worked with animals of almost every species for more than half a century.
Duroy did not answer. Instead he "barked "a perfect imitation of a dog's bark-several high sharp
Instantly there came a answer, in the self-adme notes, from small black dog which was nestled ander the quilts on a bed.
Then Durov threw back his head, dog fashion, and uttered
long A throaty whine, "Au-a-u-u." mediately the little dog forgot his comfortable berth. He Duror, clambered to his face and began to lick and caress, staring pleadingly into his eyes. He was visibly excited and did not cease caressing his master until the latter again uttered the several high sharp notes which began the "conversa tion." The dog was apparently satisfied, replied in the same notes and went back to his warm berth, wagging his tail.
A: Kttle Chat.
"I've just had a little talk with my dog." Durov smiled. "Wo un derstood, each other as well as it we had used words, and any other dog present would have understood as perfectly. Those first sounds mennt joy, and the dog merely responded to it. The throaty wall meant weeping and distress. The dog was frightened and sympathetic rushed to me to let me know it. He was not antisfied until I told him again that I was happy."
It is Darev's conviction, based on years of experiments, that All animals have ways of communicat- ing with their own kind. It is not always entirely vocal. In the case of dogs, for instance, the position of head and ears, the wagging of the tail, each have definite mean inga...
He has learned the language of monkeys and of certain birda. In attempting to understand a chim- panzee, he found difficulties and be gan to search for the reason. He learned after a while that the human car is not capable of hearing certain variations a sounds which the monkey car hears without difficulty.
To prove this he recorded the speech of his chimpanzee on phonograph record. Prolonged vowels reproduced as single sounds without variations. Tader a strong magnifying glass, however, these apparently single sounds showed tip as composed of varied elements: too fine for the human car to catch but recorded by the sensitive dise, Seemingly monotonous utterances of monkeys, and doubtless of other creatures, in reality are richly charged with intonations and mean- ings understandable to their kind.
He has taught wolves to fear sheep and sheep to dominate wolves, He has taught cats to live amicably with ice. Under the cage where one of his cats keeps house for brood of mice, he has inscribed these words: "Even cats and mice can live in peace. Only human beings have not learned how to do
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Durov has taken the traditionally gentle dove and turned it into a ferocious little brast, which snaps viciously at all who approach its cage.
another animal.
Some of Durov's findings in this domain are being used by atheists to expose" saints.
Several trained scals from the famous menagerie of Vladimir Durov were enlisted in the late war on the Russian side as mine-cutters.
ment of razor-blade sharpness, the Equipped with a mouth attach- seals sought out mines under the water and with a few slashes ren- dered them ineffective.
...
This astounding information was supported, by the animal trainer by photographs and fragments of the mines cut, as well as diagrams showing the whole process. Th í **Our Poor Relation." cutting device, several of which arg. on exhibition in the Durow 'tullee- With the monkey" our poortion which your correspondent in- cousin, as Durov calls it-he has spected, looks a good deal like s achieved especially interesting re-dog muzzle, with movable jaws to sults. scarcely requires any which are attached the knives. special training: less so than the average human child, Durov said,
Bombing "Squads." It learns as humans do, by a. The use of trained animals in process of imitation to which it warfare, in fact, looms as a large applies its own legic. It watches and rather frightful possibility. how people dress, eat, smoke, write Merely as an experimental diver and naturally, without outside sion Durov is training several urging, proceeds to do likewise, eagles for anti-airplane service,
The chimpanzee Lola has been with and dogs for trench warfare. the Durova oaly a short period but The eagles are being taught to already she has adapted herself to drop bombs on the propellots of the ways of her human friends, airplanes in motion, in such a way She is much cleaner in her personal that the bomb will be driven by the habits, Durov "claims, than the propellor into the engine of the ordinary boy or girl of her age.plane. The training proceeds with Before Lola, however, was the chim-mall model airplanes. panzer Mumi, now dead, who lived The dogs are capable of throwing
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in the Durov household for some into the enemy's front trenches years. The account of his accom various types of grenades and ex- plishments sounds incredible, explosives, cept that thousands have seen! While three or four eagles and a samples of it on the circus floor. dozen dogs mean nothing, the pos Mami did simple figuring: wrote sibility of hardes of them being pre- in lines,circles and other neatlypared for military service emerges formed symbols and even spoke as Darov talks of his experimente. several words.
Duroy has also devoted a great uses in preparing his animals Among the methods which Durov deal of effort to studying the re-hypnotism has a large place. In action of animals to human beings, the presence of the correspondent He discovered that they behave he put a dog to sleep in about one. differently towards different types minute by suggestion." He placed of men and women, and that some the dog before him on the table, persons have the capacity to inspire caught his eye and held it fixed, animals with love and confidence. without uttering a word. Almost immediately the dog yawned, his eyelids drooped and soon he was fast asleep.
Sclence and Daniel,
A great many of the miracles recorded by history-from Daniel
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