Theodore had heard of the Apewoman from the visiting carny in town. Men and women flocked to view the half-woman. She’d been bred from the mating of a human and Orang hutan, a show of human evolution. He stood near to the back and peered over the shoulders of the crowd. Each stall seemed little different from any other carnival he’d already been to; fire breathers, sword eaters and dwarfs. He’d wanted something more. Theodore could see the faint figure in the far corner of the caged stall. Her face veiled by a wisp of black fabric. He licked his lips, feeling the cracked skin beneath his tongue. He took a step closer. He was wedged behind the back of the crowd and a wall as he stepped towards the doorway. His eyes followed the movement of her hand as she tugged on her skirt. He would …show more content…
His hands thrown frantically above his head. He reached within his pocket to check the time. He could feel eyes looking at him. He shut the fob watch and turned towards the back of carnival. He took quick, egger strides towards the tent he knew the showman would be. Theodore slammed the tent door open, looked onto the burly man behind the desk and watched his slump body straighten out. “I’d like to inquire the price for the purchase of the Apewoman.” *** “£2,000…” Her eyes snapped open as she heard her husband’s curt murmur. With talk of money, she heaved her body closer to the windowsill hoping to catch more. “That’s too much. I shall pay no more than £1,500.” She could hear no further than the quiet mull of breathing that echoed between them. “Will she dance then?” “It can be arranged.” “But Charlestown had the exact same show in the last summer. I want something spectacular.” “There is something that goes beyond reason of the human mind. But, it comes with its price. I’ll give you a once in a life time opportunity for the exhibition of the beast and her monster child for a mere additional
her lap by the hour, rubbing her fingers over his eyes and looking at him with unfathomable
This book was about the life of apes in their natural habitat that is being destroyed. Stanford highly pushed the idea of extinction and what people are doing to the apes. Stanford explains the threats to the ape's survival and tells us ideas that could help stop or slow down the decline of the ape population. He tells us about the complex cultural, social, economic and
When the time came Sammy had lucked out, they had decided to check out with him. In a daze, he carefully watched every movement they made as items were placed on the counter. At the peak of the moment Lengel, the manager and strict
While I thought that Peterson’s descriptions sufficed to help the readers see how apes were treated – dead or alive, the pictures were more shocking. Originally, I skipped over the pictures, but they served to help bring Peterson’s words to life. Prior
The other adult female that would be my focal point did emerge but remained less social and more timid than the other orangutans but was also younger. The orangutans as supported by San Diego Zoo Orangutan website would use all four limbs to move about the trees and would occasionally walk on the ground bipedally and using its long arms for support. One of the more curious observations was the interaction between the non-human primates and the humans which seemed to stem of curiosity on both sides. For instance at one point before the focal observation an adult human female with her infant were tapping on the glass of the enclosure and the adult human female began to pull things from her purse and show it to the orangutan who was leaning on the glass barrier; among many of the items was a bag of chocolate candies which the orangutan did not particularly respond to. The eldest adult female orangutan however seemed to respond very curiously and attentively to any infant or child that approached the enclosure.
Kavanagh, M. & Morris, D. (1983). Complete guide to monkeys, apes and other primates. London: Viking Press.
“Aye, that’s why I came back this year. I was here last year for a motorcycle tour of California’s Route 1, the Pacific Coast Highway.”
Roet continues to explore the nature of our close relatives, the monkeys, gorillas and apes. This is done throughout her series of artworks consist of, three dimensional pieces, drawings on paper and photography artworks. ‘When I laugh, He laughs with me.’ advocates the close controversial connection between primates and humans. Roet explores the biological, cultural and visual parallels between humans and apes comprising the ‘physicality’ of romance. Using the sources of major international zoos and field studies of apes, Roet challenges the biological theories of humans evolving during the course of life and explores the bond between other primates.
The first topic addressed in this book that I will focus on is the social behavior of apes, specifically on courting rituals and mating behavior, such as the love dance performed by the “humans” in the novel. The second topic is the (in)capability of apes to produce human speech. In the novel, the apes all speak human language, but in reality, this is not a likely possibility.
As the two stood there looking outside the old woman started crying and the husband still held the monkey paw in his hand. The wife turned to him and asked why he made the wish in a disgusted voice! He said "To save you from seeing it!" And she said "The it is our son and he will always be!"
A popular question in society is always what makes a person who they are. Is the world one lives in to blame? Or is the people who raised them responsible for the person one becomes? The question always comes down to nature versus nurture. This question is relevant in The Hairy Ape when one looks at its characters and their outlook on the way the world they live in operates. Furthermore this question is relevant today, because the way each human operates could be do to nature of the world around them, or the people who nurture them.
His head rose and eyes opened, then he focused on the woman standing near him. Her voluminous kinky curls
After their “happily ever after” fairy tale ending, Beauty and Beast lived in peace. Though the duo cared deeply for each other, Beauty wasn’t happy. She hadn’t wanted to marry Beast, but she did to save him. After a few months, she wanted out. One of the maids had been Beauty’s friend since the beginning, and Beauty confided in the maid.
de Waal, F. (1982) Chimpanzee politics: power and sex among apes. New York: Harper and Row.
Iwant started recounting to her one year old girl the complicated story of their species. She began with the meeting of the queens in which she learned about her fate as a female monkey. She said: “once every year following the last meteor catastrophe, monkey has been meeting regularly on a special occasion to commemorate the event and learn about the skills they need to master in order to survive and also to prepare the next generation; the meeting of the queen.” She added: “we have met several groups of monkeys in that setting. One group instructed me about the first time brown monkeys and yellow ones have met coming out of the same cave.” “Another group talked to me about why brown skin monkeys were the superior monkey among all and all the privileges they were granted in their society. They also explained to me, she exclaimed, how male monkeys were indolent, lazy, good-for-nothing and were only capable of doing sexual intercourse. One older female added that these males represented a waste in our community and only a few of them had enough strength to get a female monkey pregnant. At this point she became really agitated and shouted