Author, as appears in the article.: Llorente M, Riba D, Mosquera M, Ventura M, Feliu O.

Department: Història i Història de l'Art

e-ISSN: 2076-2615

URV's Author/s: Mosquera Martínez, Marina

Keywords: Welfare Predatory behavior Hunting Cooperative behavior Captivity predatory behavior hunting cooperative behavior captivity

Abstract: Predatory behavior in wild chimpanzees and other primates has been well documented over the last 30 years. However, as it is an opportunistic behavior, conditions which may promote such behavior are left up to chance. Until now, predatory behavior among captive chimpanzees has been poorly documented. In this paper, we present five instances providing evidence of predatory behavior: four performed by isolated individuals and one carried out in cooperation. The evidence of group predation involved the chimpanzees adopting different roles as pursuers and ambushers. Prey was partially eaten in some cases, but not in the social episode. This study confirms that naturalistic environments allow chimpanzees to enhance species-typical behavioral patterns. © 2010 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Veterinary sciences Veterinary (miscellaneous) Veterinary (all) Medicina veterinaria Interdisciplinar General veterinary Engenharias iii Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Biodiversidade Animal science and zoology Agriculture, dairy & animal science

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: marina.mosquera@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0003-4823-6154

Last page: 376

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Journal volume: 2

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/3/363

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Animals. 2 (3): 363-376

APA: Llorente M, Riba D, Mosquera M, Ventura M, Feliu O. (2012). Hunting Activity Among Naturalistically Housed Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) at the Fundació Mona (Girona, Spain). Predation, Occasional Consumption and Strategies in Rehabilitated Animals. Animals, 2(3), 363-376. DOI: 10.3390/ani2030363

Article's DOI: 10.3390/ani2030363

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2012

First page: 363

Publication Type: Journal Publications