Playing behaviour of Japanese macaca 4

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Shot Date: 1999/11/08

species
Macaca fuscata

Key Words
play
social behavior
foraging



Masaki Shimada
2001/09/30 submitted



Animalia >Chordata >Mammalia >Primates >Cercopithecidae >Macaca >

A young macaque "B" approaches an older individual "A", which is holding a leaf-bearing branch. Another young macaque "C", a little older than "A", approaches "A" and tries to steal the branch. "A" retreats a little. A while later, "C" charges "A" again. "C" and "A" wrestle each other, and "C" gets the branch. "A" then chases "C", and the two wrestle each other again. "A" quits hold of "C" as "B" approaches the pair. "A" grooms (?) "B". "B" approaches "C", and they eat leaves together. They play around together for a while and then leave. The branch is left behind them.

(Data No.momo010930mf03b)

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