Using a leaf sponge to drink water on a tree.(11.0MB, 00:01:05)Shot Date: 2001/01/25 Shot Location: Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania | ||
 | species Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii Key Words | |
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Using a leaf sponge to drink water on a tree.(11.0MB, 00:01:05)Shot Date: 2001/01/25 Shot Location: Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania | ||
| species Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii Key Words | |
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Animalia >Chordata >Mammalia >Primates >Hominidae >Pan >
A juvenile puts a leaf into a tree hole that has gathered rain water, and puts the drenched leaf into the mouth and sucks it to drink water. She then puts the crumpled leaf (leaf sponge) again into the tree hole and repeats "soaking it into water and sucking it." This tool-using behavior became prevalent among immature chimpanzees of M group of Mahale since around 2000.
Matsusaka T, Nishie H, Shimada M, Kutsukake N, Zamma K, Nakamura M, Nishida T (2006, in press). Tool-use for drinking water by immature chimpanzees of Mahale: prevalence of an unessential behavior. Primates. Nishida T, Kano T, Goodall J, McGrew WC, Nakamura M. 1999. Ethogram and ethnography of Mahale Chimpanzees. Anthropol. Sci., 107: 141-188.
(Data No.momo060407pt05a)
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