1. Titus is a very important ape in the history of ape field research studies. This is because he is the longest observed gorilla— primate, apes—. The researcher started researching from the generation of Titus’s parents. Also, Titus is the king of the mountain gorilla. In addition, by analyzing DNA, they found out that he has many offspring than any other.
2. The first concept is that “males may increase their chances of reproducing is to kill infants fathered by other males.” Beetsme killed Flossie’s baby so that he can mate with her and have his own offspring. The other concept is aggression. There are usually a conflict within the group. In the film, Titus lived in the multi-male group therefore he had a conflict between Beetsmen and later, Kuryama. They sometimes got into fight. The next concept is affiliative behavior. In the film, when Titus lost all of the members of his family, he stayed with Beetsme and Beetsme let Titus to stay. This might be the friendship. Also, the communication is the other concept the nonhuman primates usually communicate by using their body. In the film, male Gorillas beat their chest as a threat to a …show more content…
The apes can imitate, but cannot be taught by someone else to learn. They imitate each other, but they do not teach other in their society. For example, in the film, they conducted experiment of using puzzle box. The ape imitated how to use the box and got candy out of it. The second round is same procedures except that the box is clear and they would know the action that they took in first round was pointless and they can just get the candy out of it and they did. However, the human children who were TAUGHT how to use the box took the same action all over again. Even though it was obvious that the action was pointless, the human children do the exact things all over again because they are taught to do so. On the other hand, the apes cannot be taught by someone else, so that they can take the quickest way to get the
2. The first concept is that “males may increase their chances of reproducing is to kill infants fathered by other males.” Beetsme killed Flossie’s baby so that he can mate with her and have his own offspring. The other concept is aggression. There are usually a conflict within the group. In the film, Titus lived in the multi-male group therefore he had a conflict between Beetsmen and later, Kuryama. They sometimes got into fight. The next concept is affiliative behavior. In the film, when Titus lost all of the members of his family, he stayed with Beetsme and Beetsme let Titus to stay. This might be the friendship. Also, the communication is the other concept the nonhuman primates usually communicate by using their body. In the film, male Gorillas beat their chest as a threat to a …show more content…
The apes can imitate, but cannot be taught by someone else to learn. They imitate each other, but they do not teach other in their society. For example, in the film, they conducted experiment of using puzzle box. The ape imitated how to use the box and got candy out of it. The second round is same procedures except that the box is clear and they would know the action that they took in first round was pointless and they can just get the candy out of it and they did. However, the human children who were TAUGHT how to use the box took the same action all over again. Even though it was obvious that the action was pointless, the human children do the exact things all over again because they are taught to do so. On the other hand, the apes cannot be taught by someone else, so that they can take the quickest way to get the