Primate Behavior Slide Index
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- Title Slide: The Primates - Behavior of Social Animals
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- Mother gorilla resting with infant on her chest in African
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- Mother balk uakari (a South American monkey) carries infant on
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- Mother and infant spider monkeys (another South American
species) resting in a tree. - go
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- Juvenile spider monkey looks at infant on mother's back. -
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- Mother Japanese macaque holds nursing infant while troop
member grooms her. - go
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- Human female carries an infant. - go
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- Title Slide: Primate
Groups Families Bands Troops
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- Family group of siamangs showing adult male (top), adult
female (middle) and their offspring (bottom). - go
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- Group of mountain gorillas in African forest. - go
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- A group of female hamadryas baboons follow the large adult
male in a zoo enclosure. - go
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- Three male chimpanzees sit together. Photo taken in a zoo
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- A group of stumptail macaques feeding. - go
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- Young chimpanzee extends arm in an invitation to play. -
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- Group of ring-tailed lemurs wrestling. - go
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- Two human children play soccer. - go
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- Young chimpanzees at play in a zoo. - go
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- Two young gorillas play in the forest. - go
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- A young lowland gorilla plays with an older juvenile in a zoo.
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- In the foreground, a juvenile chimpanzee drags an infant.
Adult female chimpanzees in background appear unconcerned, while
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- Title Slide: How do primates communicate? - go
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- Two rhesus monkeys wrestle. The animal on top (with head
upside down) shows the open mouth play face. - go
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- A group of rhesus monkeys. One animal looks toward the camera.
Photo taken in a zoo enclosure. - go
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- A mother rhesus macaque at center with her offspring responds
to threats from two other monkeys. - go
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- Closeup of face of a golden snub-nosed monkey. - go
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- A golden snub nosed monkey yawns, showing large canine teeth.
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- An adult chimpanzee with back to camera begins to bow to a
second chimpanzee. - go
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- Completion of the chimpanzee bow. - go
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- Three chimpanzees in a zoo enclosure. The adult male on the
left facing the camera is getting ready to run by the animals on
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- Adult male chimpanzee runs past two other chimpanzees. Edge of
enclosure is marked by moat in the foreground. - go
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- Two adult male chimpanzees confront each other. Animal in the
foreground stands bipedally and is piloerected. - go
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- Three chimpanzees on climbing structure in zoo enclosure.
Piloerected animal in front had been displaying. Male in center is
chasing him away. - go
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- Screaming chimpanzee crouches on the ground. - go
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- Three ring-tailed lemurs from a captive group stand with tails
in 'question mark' position. Animals are wearing identification
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- Two humans shake hands at an outdoor event. - go
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- A sifaka (related to the lemurs) rubs a scent-producing anal
gland against the bark of a tree. - go
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- A cotton-top tamarin, a small South American monkey, sniffs at
an odor-containing vial. This animal lives in a captive group used
in studies of communication. - go
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- A brown howler -- a South American monkey -- faces right as it
calls from a tree. Notice the enlarged lower jaw which allows this
monkey to produce a loud, resonating call. - go
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- Adult male chimpanzee stands bipedally and hoots. - go
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- Title slide: friendly Behaviors Contact is
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- Two young macaques from a mixed species captive group. The
female stands quadrupedally while the male stands behind her. -
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- Two adult Japanese macaques huddle together. - go
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- Two golden snub-nosed monkeys, living in a Chinese research
facility, embrace. - go
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- A female Japanese macaque lies on her back while another
animal grooms her. - go
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- An adult female hamadryas baboon (an African monkey) grooms an
adult male. - go to
- Three long-tailed macaques sit together. The adult female in
the center grooms a juvenile on the right. - go
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- A large group of long-tailed macaques, including some mothers
holding infants on their bellies, sit together. An adult male in
the top row is being groomed by two other animals. - go
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- Title slide: Unfriendly Behaviors Threats,
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- Adult female lowland gorilla (standing), living in a zoo
group, stares at an opponent off-camera. A juvenile sits near her.
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- A female rhesus macaque holding an infant stares off camera at
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- A pygmy marmoset, a South American monkey, viewed from the
rear. - go to
- A fight between chimpanzees living in a zoo group. A female
holding an infant, in the foreground, is attacked by an adult male
behind her. She is screaming in submission. - go
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- A long-tailed macaque, on the right, shows wounds on the
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- Adult male silverback mountain gorilla stands bipedally while
displaying in an African forest. - go
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- A piloerected adult male chimpanzee shakes a branch while
another animal watches. - go
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- Two mountain gorillas feed next to each other in the forest. -
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- Members of two groups of African green monkeys threaten each
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- Two large troops of rhesus monkeys threaten each other. Notice
that several females carrying infants are in the front ranks. -
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- Hamadryas baboon groups come to blows at an African water
hole. Adult males have long fur on their face and shoulders. -
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- Humans in a professional football match. - go
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- Title Slide: Social Behavior The Next
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- Adult male lowland gorilla touches a young infant in a zoo
enclosure. - go to
- Adult male saddleback tamarin carries a youngster on his back.
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- A rare photo. Twin male gorillas born in a zoo carry a younger
animal who had been adopted by an adult female in their group. -
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- An adult female chimpanzee wrestles with an unrelated
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- An older adult male human pushes a youngster in a stroller. -
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