24 JANUARY 1970, Page 12

Bear brained

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

Doctor Ammendola thinks That we're all wrong about missing links.

Looking at our shapes, We thought we were descended from apes, But the Professor declares We are really descended from bears, They beat us on the figure, But our brains are bigger.

Yet Humphry Berkeley Opines darkly That even dogs in their kennels Have bigger brains than Mr Ennals.