RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Chimpanzee when sick amused itself by chasing flies on the window. CUL-DAR189.84. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2023. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR189 contains material for Darwin's book Expression of the emotions.


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Chimpanzee when sick amused itself by chasing flies on the window & tried to catch them, just like a cruel child. —, & protrude compressed its lips with slight pouts as it tried to succeed

[Expression, p. 142.]


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