scratch socially

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Shot Date: 2000/06/28
Shot Location: Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania

* species
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

Key Words
scratch
social behavior
culture
chimpanzee
Mahale


Koichiro ZAMMA
2005/03/10 submitted



Animalia >Chordata >Mammalia >Primates >Hominidae >Pan >

Scratch the skin of other's back vigorously during the beginning or middle of a grooming bout, usually with one hand. Making audible sound. Pattern is absent at Gombe.

Nishida T, Kano T, Goodall J, McGrew WC, Nakamura M. 1999. Ethogram and ethnography of Mahale Chimpanzees. Anthropol. Sci., 107: 141-188.

Nakamura M, McGrew WC, Marchant L & Nishida T 2000. Social scratch: Another custom in wild chimpanzees? Primates 41:237-248.

(Data No.momo050302pt08a)

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