Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Thursday, March 16, 1950
Dumb Animals Are Smart
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Kitten on the Keys Is not so dumb scientists find animals are smart
By VANCE PACKARD
Aulhnr of Animal 1Q (Dial Prpis, N. V.)
YVrlltrn Exclusively for AP Nensfeaturra
Most Americans are under the impression that (he smartest
animal in the world is the dog or the horse. Actually the dog is
a moron compared with a racoon. And the horse is a rattle
brained nitwit compared with an elephant.
Scientists have speculated for years about which is the brainiest
creature in the animal world
The evidence now indicates that
at least on the basis of tests
made, the chimpanzee heads the
class.
Chimps can perform feats of
reasoning that are beyond some
primitive human beings. And in
tests they have outrcasoned typi
cal five-year-old American
youngsters. Prof. Harry F. Har
low, head of the University of
. Wisconsin's large primate labor
atory, slates that in some tests
the chimps "actually did better
than most of the children."
It is not difficult for a chimp
to figure how to get a banana
suspended far beyond his reach
If any boxes are in sight. He
will usually quickly get the idea
of stacking the boxes to make a
platform. Many three-year-old
children still can't get the idea
of stacking a few blocks to build
a tower.
The average chimp can saw
wood, hammer nails, sweep up
the floor and use a screwdriver
as competently as many pre
school youngsters.
A chimp, of course, is a mem
ber of the monkey family.. The
monkeys are almost all mental
wizards by animal standards.
Monkeys will figure in a few
seconds how to open a puzzle
box that will baffle dogs for
hours.
The standard puzzle box is so
easy for a monkey that he will
quickly become bored with it
Only when you introduce tricky
locks, T-latches and combina
tlon serial locks will you cause
tht monkey to start scratching
his head. Once he has learned
the secret of a lock it never again
troubles him.
Outside the monkey kingdom
the animal that has probably
Impressed psychologists most
with its brilliance is the racoon
of American woodlands.
In the psychologist's labora
tory tli 'coon Is a riot. He will
put his paws into the psycholog-
ist'i pocket Just to see what is
there and he will go back into
puzzle boxes after he has opened
them just for the fun of opcrat
lng the gadgets (even though the
food bait Is no longer present.)
The elephant, investigators
are finding, has a really jumbo-
Blzed mind. The elephants tested
at the Bronx Zoo caught on very
rapidly to the idea of pulling
atrings to get hidden food, in the
shell game test.
And in the teakwood Jungles
of Southeast Asia investigators
are finding that elephants casu
ally perform tasks requiring a
high order of brainwork, much
higher, for example, than the
work expected of a farm horse
They stack huge teakwood 1or
neatly Into piles. And they give
every sign of comprehending a
mechanical principle, which is
extraordinary for animals below
the monkey. One mechanical
principle they seem to under
stand is the log slide. They place
logs on the slide, maneuver them
carefully into position with their
trunks, then give them a push
with their front foot and watch
critically while the log swoosh
es down into the water.
One final animal that appar
ently deserves mention among
the world's brainiest animals is
the coyote. Although widely
despised by sheepmen and cattle
ranchers, the coyote is crafty and
a genius at adapting himself to
all conditions. He has even been
known to hitch rides on wagons
or moving flatcars. One au
thority on coyotes reports they
know how to disguise themselves
. . . how to play Jokes and trick
other animals . . . how to imi
tate the sounds thev hear . .
how to get through barbed wire
fences . . . and how to hunt co
operatively. Men who set out trap lines for
coyotes often find that every
trap on the line has been sprung.
And when they investigate they
often find coyotes sneaking along
behind them. The coyote can
best be trapped by playing his
great curiosity. (Curiosity is an
Less Tooth Decay for
Stuttering Children
Cleveland, March 16 P) Two
dental experts report that stut
tering children have less tooth
decaly than those with normal
decay than those with normal
The pair, Dr. .Howard E. Kess
Icr and Mrs. Amy Bishop Chap
lain, based their opinion on a
study of 400 public school
children here. '
Nationalists
Pound Shanghai
Taipei, Formosa, March 16 W)
Nationalist Chinese warplanes
today pounded Lunghwa airfield
at Shanghai as the new govern
ment cabinet was inaugurated.
Five waves of planes dropped
bombs on the big airfield, now
controlled by Sino-communist
forces. The first wave dumped
10 bombs on the control tower,
air force headquarters said.
Observation planes later re
ported fires were consuming in
stallations. The Lunghwa run
ways were said to have been 80
percent destroyed.
Air headquarters also report
ed extensive attacks on Luichow
peninsula, opposite Hainan is
land. Barges and other craft
were attacked with more than
100 junks reportedly sunk.
Other planes hit around Amoy,
mainland port opposite Formosa.
Some 30 craft anchored off the
coast were bombed. Commun
ist soldiers were bombed and
straffed on a highway outside
the port.
Red craft off Chusan island,
100 miles northwest of Nanking,
also were bombed.
Premier Chen Cheng took over
the seal of office from retiring
Premier Yen Hsi-Shan. Yen
predicted eventual collapse of
the mainland communists in a
farewell address.
The new cabinet will hold it"
first formal meeting Friday,
Fall Bazaar Interests
Hubbard The Ladies Aid of
the Hubbard Community church
Plane Hits Cafe
Las Vagas, Nov., March 1
P) A fighter plane ploughed
into a cafe at Las Vegas airforce
base today, injuring 17 persons,
three critically.
With two exceptions, the
jureca were Dase personnel or
post exchange employes, gath
ered in the snack bar for mid-
morning coffee.
index of intelligence.) One trap
per reports he has had excellent
luck catching coyotes by bury
ing an old alarm clock near the
trap. The coyote becomes
intrigued to find what causes the
ticking that he steps accidentally
onto the hidden trap.
Use Easter Seals Little Judy
shows this giant Peter Rabbit
how to paste an Easter Seal on
the back of an envelope. You
can help the thousands of crip
pled children throughout the na
tion just like Judy by putting
an Easter Seal on every letter
you write. If you haven't re
ceived your supply of 1950 Eas
ter Seals through the mail, con
tact the Oregon Society for Crip
pled Children and Adults, Inc.,
533 Terminal Sales Bldg., Port
land 5, Ore.
Sfudebaker in
Low Price Field
Detroit, Mich., March 16 U.R
Studebaker turned the low
price car field into a four-way
battle with Ford, Chevrolet and
Plymouth today by stripping $75
worth of "extras" from its
Champion models.
Announcement of the import
ant automotive independent
prompted industry speculation
of an all out price war in the
low price bracket.
Observers pointed out that the
entire industry is becoming in
creasingly competitive. Kaiser
Frazer will enter the low price
field this spring, and Nash plans
a new small car at a low price.
Studebaker listed typical fac
tory prices for the custom Cham
pions at $1,410 for the five-pas
senger coupe, and $1,415 for
four-door sedans.
Chevrolet's special four-door
sedan sells for $1,355 and Ford's
deluxe six for $1,365.
Denson Frat Pledge
Silverton Among the 30
men at Pacific university pledg
ed to Alpha Zeta fraternity dur
ing the past week is Ton Den
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Denson of 277 Jerome street.
Denson graduated from Wash
ington high school and Is study,
ing optometry in his freshman
year at Forest Grove.
(Congregational) held an all-
day meeting in the home of Mrs.
Lester Will. Devotionals were
lead by Mrs. Riley Mains, Mrs.
A. J. Smith was in charge of the
program. The visiting commit
tee reported and a report was
given on the work being done
at the parsonage, which is pro
gressing. All present worked on
fancy work for the fall bazaar.
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