ANTB22H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bonobo, Habitat Fragmentation, Habitat Destruction
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Mountain goril las: habituated mountain gorillas by imitating their behaviours, sounds (scratching herself like a gorilla act like one) Slide 3: relatively low levels of aggression, primarily vegetarian diet (foilivores) Slide 5: aggressively confronted poachers, used local people" beliefs to scare them for her own purposes. Gorillas: habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, logging, poaching, grazing by domesticated animals. Bonobos (pan paniscus) (make love not war) www. notesolution. com: mother-son bond strong continues into adulthood. son"s dominance rank is largely determined by mothers rank. Slide 2: female bonobos have strong bonds with one another (common chimp females do not) Slide 3: females can forage together without intense feeding competition due to food abundance. allows strong social bonds to develop among females. Bonobos (pan paniscus) sexual behaviour used as reconciliation. Slide 2 all ages and sexes engage in sexual behaviours. G-g rubbing (genito-gential rubbing)- females do this. Tool use: leaf umbrellas, leaf toilet paper , modify sticks for insect collection.
