A place where apes are kept or bred; also, the act of aping or mimicking.
From 'ape' + '-ery' suffix (meaning a place or practice). Related to French 'aperie' and similar European terms.
Aperies captivated Victorian society because apes seemed to reveal human nature—watching them mimic human behavior was like looking in a philosophical mirror.
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