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Pond-dipping and a 'brunch' of flowers: Enrichment for Sulawesi crested macaques at Newquay Zoo (1997)

Blount J. D.

Abstract

This simple device comprises a suspended pipe, with bungy rope through the core securing a rubber ball at each end. The macaques manipulate these balls to retrieve food items stored inside.

Published
1997

Animal Type
Macaque, Nonhuman Primate
Topic
Environmental Enrichment

Citation
Blount J. D. 1997. Pond-dipping and a 'brunch' of flowers: Enrichment for Sulawesi crested macaques at Newquay Zoo. RATEL (Journal of the Association of British Wild Animal Keepers) 24(4), 135-137.

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