groom

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Shot Date: 2003/11/26
Shot Location: Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania

* species
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

Key Words
social behavior
gathering
parasite
chimapnzee
Mahale


Koichiro ZAMMA
2005/03/07 submitted



Animalia >Chordata >Mammalia >Primates >Hominidae >Pan >

Use both hands, pushing the hair back with the thumb or index finger of one hand and holding it back while picking at the exposed skin with the nail of the thumb or index finger of the other. The chimpanzee can also use one hand, parting the hair in the same way and holding it back with the lower lip. Grooming may occur in bipedal, quadrupedal, sitting, or lying posture. Function of grooming includes appeasement, reassurance and reconciliation in addition to elimination of ectoparasites.

参考文献(登録映像の行動を扱った論文等):Nishida T, Kano T, Goodall J, McGrew WC, Nakamura M. 1999. Ethogram and ethnography of Mahale Chimpanzees. Anthropol. Sci., 107: 141-188.

Nakamura M 2003. 'Gatherings' of social grooming among wild chimpanzees: implications for evolution of sociality. Journal of Human Evolution, 44(1):59-71.

Goodall J 1989. Grossary of chimpanzee behaviors. Jane Goodall Institute, Tucson.

(Data No.momo050302pt05a)

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