ANT3514C Assignment 3-1

Assignment 3: Primate Behavior An important component of biological anthropology is studying the behavior of non-human primates. However, this is impossible to accomplish in the lab. This exercise is designed to allow all students the opportunity to briefly study the behavior of a non-human primate. Your task is to collect a sampling of behavioral data. For this, you may either visit the primate exhibit of a zoo or primate sanctuary, or watch one of the many primate live feeds available on the Internet. You can easily find different primate live cameras using a search engine. If using a primate live camera from the Internet, please remember to do this activity during the day! Pick at least two individuals and follow each one of them for 15 minutes. Set a timer, and at each minute make a record of the primate’s behavior in the table on the right below. The table is set up as an ethogram , which includes many pre-defined behavior codes (table on the left) that you can use to rapidly describe behavior while observing. Add additional ethogram codes to capture behaviors not already listed. If you are using a live feed and the camera changes angles, do your best to continue following the same individual. If the live stream you picked only allows you to observe a single individual, you may switch cameras for your second observation. Primate live cameras include, but are not limited to:  http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/cams/ape-cam  http://lsc.org/tamarins/  http://www.houstonzoo.org/gorilla-habitat-cam/  http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/squirrel-monkey-cam/  http://www.blankparkzoo.com/en/news_blogs_webcams_media/webcam/monkey_cam/ 1   CODE DEFINITION SOCIAL Ag Aggression given   Ar Aggression received   Ab Bidirectional aggression Vg Vocalization given Vr Vocalization received   Sx Sexual behavior   Gg Grooming given   Gr Grooming received   Gs Simultaneous grooming   Ls Lost NONSOCIAL Lm Locomotion   Dr Drinking   Fo Foraging/eating   So Sitting, eyes open   Sc Sitting, eyes closed   Lo Lying down, eyes open   Lc Lying, eyes closed   Sg Self groom   Ss Self scratch Ls Lost