Study uncovers neural mechanisms underlying foraging behavior in freely moving animals
We examine in real time how this ubiquitous task of foraging unfolds, which is something we naturally perform every day," ...
Animal Welfare Institute8y
The Use of Artificial Turf as a Foraging Substrate for Individually Housed Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca Mulatta)
National Institutes of Health: Bethesda MD (USA) Boccia M L 1989 Preliminary report on the use of a natural foraging task to reduce aggression and stereotypies in socially housed pigtail macaques.
JSTOR5mon
Baboon and vervet monkey crop-foraging behaviors on a commercial South African farm: preliminary implications for damage mitigation
Macaques in farms and folklore ... Participant profiling and pattern of crop-foraging in chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) in Zimbabwe: why does investigating age-sex classes matter?
How lion-tailed macaques have changed parenting techniques with rising rates of twins
Twins are rare among the primates, but the increase may be linked to dietary shifts due to human influence and highlights the ...
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Using the Mesh Ceiling as a Food Puzzle to Encourage Foraging Behaviour in Caged Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta)
An attempt was made to encourage more foraging behaviour in eight pair-housed adult rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). No special device and no special food were used. Daily commercial dry food rations ...
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Sri Lankan farmers slam govt's failure to check monkey menance
Some 40 percent of the country’s crops and fruits are lost annually due to the wild animal menace, says farmer leader ...
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Monkeys of Morocco
This story appears in the November 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Barbary macaque is a monkey of many distinctions. It is the only primate, other than humans, north of the Sahara ...