Some Strange Instincts of Cattle. Insanity or Crime?
Anon
Genre: | Abstract |
Publications abstracted: | William H Hudson Longman's Magazine |
Subjects: | Animal Behaviour, Instinct, Mental Illness |
Discusses 'certain strange instincts in cattle, which in some cases resemble insanity'. These include the excitement caused by the smell of blood, and the 'impulse to kill a weakly animal' shown by herds of healthy cows. | |
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