Abstract

Human beings are not the only ones who have “knowledge.” Markandeya Purana, also known as Durgasaptashati, says all living beings have systems of knowledge, but they manifest differently. Gerald Durrell has written extensively about the ways in which some animals communicate. Douroucouli monkeys, found in the British Guiana, can engage in “long and complicated conversation…while they feed,” says Durrel.