Chimpanzee

Primate grooming as a tension reduction mechanism

In this paper grooming was considered as a response to tension generated by an event which threatens the integration of a specific member of the group. In response to this tension, grooming is engaged in with the result that the...

Year Published: 1970Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Terry, R. L. 1970. Primate grooming as a tension reduction mechanism. Journal of Psychology 76, 129-136.

Chimpanzees: Self-recognition

After prolonged exposure to their reflected images in mirrors, chimpanzees marked with red dye showed evidence of being able to recognize their own reflections. Monkeys did not appear to have this capacity.

Year Published: 1970Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Gallup, G. G. 1970. Chimpanzees: Self-recognition. Science 167, 86-87.

The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals (4th ed): Primates – General

The higher primates, such as chimpanzees and baboons, are intelligent and sensitive. If handled with sympathy and understanding they can become more than research tools - even co-operative partners in experimentation. To achieve this, a little time, often time well...

Year Published: 1972Animal Type: Baboon, Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: T-W-Fiennes, R. N. 1972. Primates - General. In: The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals (4th ed). UFAW [Universities Federation for Animal Welfare] (ed), 374-375. Churchill Livingstone, London, UK.

Social cohesion and the structure of attention

Papers mainly derived from material presented at a conference sponsored by the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth which was held at St. John's College, Oxford, 4-11 July 1973.

Year Published: 1975Topics: Natural Behavior, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Gibbon, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Chance, M. R. A. 1975. Social cohesion and the structure of attention. In: Biosocial Anthropology. Fox, R. (ed), 93-113. John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY.

Introduction: Chimpanzees as biomedical models

Our efforts in training chimpanzees to extend an arm and accept an intramuscular injection were successful. [Training technique is not described.]

Year Published: 1977Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Byrd, L. D. 1977. Introduction: Chimpanzees as biomedical models. In: Progress in Ape Research. Bourne, G. H. (ed), 161-165. Academic Press, New York, NY.

Enrichment and occupational devices for orangutans and chimpanzees

A heavy metal cylinder, 60 cm long and 45 cm in diameter, was capped on each end and bolted to a platform. Three 8 cm holes in the cylinder allowed access to the inside. A short section of a rubber...

Year Published: 1976Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Natural BehaviorAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Murphy, D. E. 1976. Enrichment and occupational devices for orangutans and chimpanzees. International Zoo News 137(23.5), 24-26.

Behavioral responses of chimpanzees to behavioral enrichment

Year Published: 1978Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Raymond, G., White, L. 1978. Behavioral responses of chimpanzees to behavioral enrichment. Animal Keepers' Forum 5, 135-136.

The Stanford outdoor primate facility

Various inanimate enrichment options for outdoor-housed chimpanzees are described. An adolescent male chimpanzee cooperated in venipuncture; research assistants draw a 10-ml sample of blood while the animal sucks apple juice from a plastic bottle.

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: McGinnis, P. R. , Kraemer, H. C. 1979. The Stanford outdoor primate facility. In: Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, Seventh Edition. 20-27. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Resocialization of chimpanzees: Ten years of experience at the Primate Foundation of Arizona

Careful and successful pair- and group-formation procedurs are described.

Year Published: 1979Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Fritz, P., Fritz, J. 1979. Resocialization of chimpanzees: Ten years of experience at the Primate Foundation of Arizona. Journal of Medical Primatology 8, 202-221.

Reconciliation and consolation among chimpanzees

After agonistic interactions among chimpanzees, former opponents often come into non-violent body contact. The present paper gives a quantitative description of such contacts among the chimpanzees of a large semi-free-living colony at the Arnhem Zoo, in order to establish whether...

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: de Waal, F. B. M., van Roosmalen, A. 1979. Reconciliation and consolation among chimpanzees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 5, 55?66.