—Vitus B Dröscher, The Mysterious Senses of
                                    Animals, translated by E. Huggard, 1965

During the hours of darkness all baboons
Suffer from a deep-rooted, primitive anxiety
Which continually startles them into wakefulness.

A deep, soft “O-O-O.”
An appealing “la-la-la” cry.

A soft murmur among the crows, probably
Their love-talk. “Zick, zick, zick.”

“Attention please. I have just
Discovered a field of flowers.
It is buckwheat.”

“Here I stand. Around me is my kingdom.”
The male golden plover goes completely haywire.

“Ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, ga”
Means: “We feel comfortable here.”
Five syllables means “The meadow grass is poor.”

“Yup, yup, yup.” “Kyah.” “Kyoo.”
A new day is dawning on the plain of Amboseli*.