The Cotton-top tamarin typically weighs less than a pound and is a very small species of the New World monkey. The Cotton-Top tamarin got their name because of the long, white fur that is on their head and falls onto their shoulders. They spend most of their lives in the trees. These small primates spend their day actively hunting food, and resting high in tree tops throughout the night. Tamarins are a very sociable species of primates.…
Macaques reside in Asia, along with the Southeast Asian islands. Considering they are widely dispersed, Macaques live in a various environments such as forests, mountains, human buildings, etc. Their dietary preference also vary from fruits to flowers, to insects, basically classified as frugivorous. Their social organization is multi-male, multi-female group. The females stay with their natal group.…
Monkeys live in lots of places around the world. And monkeys have to adapt to their environment by using their body parts. “Monkeys depend primarily on their eyes to gather information about their surroundings” (Monkey). There are some monkeys that use different body parts because they are in different environments. Since there are different environments in the world, some monkeys use different body parts more often than other monkeys.…
Howler monkeys in Nicaragua need help now. Following smaller howler monkey events in Ecuador and Panama, there have been 75 mysterious deaths in the small Central American country (70 of them since mid-January). Researchers from the University of Michigan are trying to discover why, and they have four leading hypotheses: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160225101603.htm 1. Drought or another environmental stressor creating less access to food or water 2. Poisonous plants that the monkeys are consuming 3.…
The article, “Of Primates and Personhood: Will According Rights and Dignity” by Ed Yong, discussed and attempted to promgulate the humane treatments of primates, especially those used for experimentation. Yong also elaborated on the Great Ape Project, an association established to gain a basic set of rights for chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, and orangutans. Furthermore, he asserted that there are studies and data proving that animals are capable of experiencing pain and other emotions, and therefore, it is only logic to give them the treatment they deserve. In addition, some animals, particularly primates, are genetically linked with humans; in that sense, it is undeniable that they should be allowed to share the basic rights that humans…
The lower primates include the prosimians lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers; which were the first primates in North America, Europe, and Asia. Lemurs now occur only on Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa. They are mostly tree-dwelling, nocturnal animals with a moist nose and a long furry tail. Lorises are slow-moving, tailless, and nocturnal and live in trees. They are found in Southeast Asia and Africa.…
Female Primates have distinctive features, which differentiate them from other mammals. First off they have fewer offspring than the normal mammals and each birth is more spaced out over time and can be long as years in between births. Primates mother take tons on care of their young, they provide them food and teach them social behaviors and social roles. Primates are identified into six different residence patterns. First there is the One-male and multi-female, this group has one “reproductive-age male” and several female, which he mates with.…
In comparison to the majority of other mammals, primates tend to have a much more elaborate and evolved way of parenting. Mainly due to the fact that primates have few offspring, they are inclined to care for a look after their young longer. Much more time is spent raising their children then other mammals. Primates have a longer life span and a longer development period in which they are nurtured and taught their social expectations. Unlike most mammals, female primates have an extensive time period between the time they get pregnant with their offspring.…
In an interview, Karen Tei Yamashita talked about what makes her to write I Hotel and how she started about it. She wrote a satirical article for her friend Amy Ling who is the professor of English and Asian American Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Amy Ling told her the project might be about the Asian American movement in Los Angeles, but gradually Karen Tei Yamashita realized that she would shift the focus to San Francisco and enhanced her research to north. Because there are many different traveling stories related to San Francisco. In addition, the Third World strikes at San Francisco State College and UC Berkeley should be one of the reason why she chose this area as the subject of writing material.…
After clocking in I went to greet the Primate team who were gathering their food dishes from the Animal Nutrition Service. The Squirrel Monkeys are positive for Herpesvirus saimiri and are deadly to other primate species so their food must be kept separate from the others. The keepers discussed issues that would pertain to other keepers for that day.…
Non-human primates may not have as complex of a language system as humans do, but there is evidence that they have complex communication systems that could be considered simple language systems; but equally fascinating is that some non-human primates can be taught new and simple language systems outside of their normal systems. The idea is that language develops when there is a benefit to the animal. Innate language amongst the groupings and other groupings in the same area is in order to communicate for survival; mating calls, warning calls, and so on. The learned language systems are a response in order to receive rewards or to get the attention of humans in order to benefit the non-human primate in one way or another; sounds to grab attention…
Primates and domestic animals can communicate with humans. It sounds unreal, right? Well, think again… Domestic animals and primates communicate just like humans! Studies have shown and proven that both, primates and canines are able to communicate with humans and other animals.…
The goal of this project is to examine the effects of naturalistic housing in Zoos such as the Louisville Zoo and how it affects them in cognitive activity. The increasing need of Zoos providing naturalistic housing for such animals is a necessity to prevent failure to thrive. Observations on primates in these naturalistic housings and use of cognitive activates can provide a captivating understanding on the species and select individuals. Visit and Observation This researcher went to the Louisville Zoo on November 6, 2015 to visit and observe the Gorilla Sanctuary.…
Many Primatologist has been trying to find the connection among humans, ape, and monkeys. That this two primates has almost the same genetics to humans indicating them as the closest relatives of anthropoids, but while some disagree with this point saying that the apes and monkeys are nothing compared to humans because of differences in physical biology and advanced intelligence. In my opinion that humans, apes and monkeys share genetic bonds that makes them share certain analogy and distinction in Social interactions, Emotional expressions, and Intelligence. Like humans apes and monkeys also socially interacts with other primates they have social relationships, such as family bonds and mating.…
A trip to the zoo is always enlightening as no matter how long ago it was we last visited we can always forget something about the animals that live this world with us. Going to the zoo can remind us that we are creatures just like these animals, but also remind us that we are so much more than just animals. Our lives on the surface seem so much more complex than the primates around us, however if we could take the time to observe the lives and the emotions of the animals around us then maybe we can learn who they are, and maybe who we are. The primate that I picked was a mongooses lemur, native to Madagascar.…