...Capuchin monkeys are very small primates weighing in from six to twelve pounds on average, but live up to forty-five years in age. Geographically found in South America, Capuchin monkeys range in the countries of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guiana, and Venezuela. Capuchin monkeys tend to live in groups throughout their lives and are happier that way compared to being alone, during which Capuchin monkeys tend to feel lonely and hardship (Fragaszy 2005, 5-7). Being quadrennial, the Capuchin monkey’s prehensile tail is not used often and is curved down behind the body. Capuchins show sexual dimorphism through their dentition; males have larger canines than females, but also through their mass; male capuchins being heavier than female capuchin monkeys (Gron 2009). Capuchin monkeys tend to thrive in every type of forest in the neotropics but are very adaptable to different environments and ecologies. Being able to adapt to different environments, capuchin monkeys also are able to feed on different varieties of foods and have the behavior of using their hands and mouths to...
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...gratification. The infant will then go to the caregiver to satisfy their needs and this eventually transitions into a feeling of security when the caregiver is around. However, a study by Harlow refutes this theory. Harlow aimed to study the behaviour of monkeys separated from their mothers at birth to test the effects of separation. He used infant rhesus monkeys which were taken from their mothers (.e. maternal deprivation). They were kept in a cage which two surrogate ‘monkeys’ (although they were not real). One was mae of cloth and covered with a soft blanket whilst the other was a wwire monkey which incorporated a feeding bottle. Te monkeys were kept in these conditions for a period of time, and the release into a cafge with a group of normally reared monekys. He found that infsnt monkeys preferred to spend time with the cloth monkey, apporoximatly 23 hours was spent with this monkey per day and only 1 hour with the wire monkey. When these monkeys were returned to the company of other monkeys, Harlow found that they showed signs of inapporipriate social behaviour and delinquency. They were aggressive to other monkeys and were unable to form normal relationships. If they had offspring, the were extremely poor, neglecting monkeys. Therefore, we can conclude that physical conform is more important for attachemtn than food and that the lack of attachment does show delinquent and antisocial behaviour. Harlow’s work has been criticized. His experiments have been seen as unnecessarily...
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...Monkeys are mammals, very similar to humans, evolution theories saying that humans evolved from these animals. Monkeys live in groups, this way they are stronger and able to fight against their enemies. These cute and intelligent animals were endangered and still are, as they are used in laboratories for tests and experiments, but the worst part is that many of them die after that. It is true that this meant important discoveries for us, but what about these creatures? Monkeys are also used at circus where they are trained and participate in shows where people come to watch these creatures doing a lot of funny things. Although monkeys are adored by so many people, perhaps the cutest are monkeys babies, which are so nice and funny. Both adults and children love them. The sad part is that there are not so many monkeys in the wild, and also few in captivity, at the zoo. It is an opportunity for us to see them, but it would be better if we could do something to know they are safe and we are not destroying their habitat anymore. This happens very often as we deforest large areas to built factories, roads or even houses. The consequences are devastating for monkeys as they do not have any food, no shelter to hide from enemies and to raise their babies. The same thing happens with many other animals, so perhaps teaching our children to protect animals and to fight against irrational deforesting, we will not be the last ones to watch monkeys in the zoo. There are many countries...
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...Given the assignment on monkeys and their daily lifestyles I must say that I found it very interesting to see the different types of monkey’s and their interaction with others throughout the zoo, along with the experiment that was demonstrated. I can say that there was a big difference in the monkey’s and the way that they communicated in the zoo, rather than the experiment with live interaction. I say this because I noticed that the monkey in the mechanical experiment was more timid rather than the monkeys in the live zoo. The Harlow’s experiment showed that the mechanical monkey with the cloth was something that the baby monkey bonded to due to the fact that it was not completely wired, and had comfort with the mechanical monkey that it seemed to be nursed on throughout the baby monkey’s life. The monkeys in the zoo, that which was in a group seemed to be less timid and terrified of the situations that they were in. I say this because the monkey in the experiment seemed to be scared at various points throughout the video, making the scenario different for each situation. Such as when the monkey was put in a room, it was very timid and was looking for a comfort zone along with the time that there was another baby mechanical monkey put in the scenario which made the real monkey scared and timid giving it reason to latch on to the mother. However, I did notice that the live monkey took a standpoint to use defense when it became more comfortable with the situation. I would say...
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...“Hey daddy look at us!” says Avery. I look over there and Avery, my youngest, is sitting on Jackson’s, my oldest, lap on a swing. “Jackson and Avery be careful. You guys can still swing together but go a little slower.” “Ok, daddy,” says Jackson. “Love you, daddy,” says Avery. “Love you too.” Now, where is a bench that I can sit on because I am so tired? There is one over there. Now where is my little monkey, Amanda? She is probably on the monkey bars. Yup just as I predicted, she is on the monkey bars. Finally, I can relax on this bench. Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Where is that noise coming from? Is that one of mine? Ok well, it is not Avery or Jackson. That is good. Now where is Amanda I do not see her on the monkey bars? Oh no, Amanda is on the...
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... 3. Pleasure when reunited - relief and observable joy when reunited with them. 4. General orientation of behaviour towards the caregiver - the child’s awareness of where the person is, and the reassurance they feel by them being close. Harlow’s monkeys (1959): The origins of love. Harry Harlow used rhesus monkeys in his research into learning and noticed that many of the young monkeys kept in isolation became distressed when he cleaned out their cages. It seemed that the monkeys were forming an attachment with the sanitary towels he used to line the base of the cages. Harlow carried out a number of variations using sixteen young isolated monkeys. Some were kept in cages with both a wire surrogate mother and a softer one covered in Terry cloth whilst others were kept in cages with just one. Sometimes the monkeys would be fed by the wire mother and other times by the softer cuddlier mother. However, the important variation was the one with a monkey in a cage with a wire mother that provided food and a Terry cloth mother that didn’t (providing the monkey with a choice; food or comfort). Harlow noticed that the monkeys would spend most time clinging to the cloth mother and occasionally feeding from the wire mother. When the monkeys were stressed by a mechanical toy banging a drum the monkeys would always run to the cloth mum for safety suggesting an attachment. Also...
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...including the US where toasted insects, roasted cat and dogs, and even raw monkey brains are a delicacy. Whether you yourself would eat these types of food or not, we know that humans have been consuming cats dogs and yes even monkeys for decades. But my question is why did they find the need to eat these types of meats? Were beef, chicken, fish and pork not enough? Or maybe we’re the ones who don’t know what delicacy eating really is. Maybe we shouldn’t have such a closed mind to eating cats and dogs. Maybe by the end of this week I will be one that becomes an Entomophily. The Holy Bible goes into great details on what we can and cannot eat. The dietary laws prohibit eating pork, shrimp, and shellfish of any kind, most insects, scavenger birds, and various types of other animals. (Leviticus chapter 11) Although the Bible doesn’t say anything about the domestic animals such as cats and dogs but many religions consider the consumption of these animals to be taboo. In some parts of the word others have resorted to eating felines and k-9’s in desperation during hard times and poverty, and others believe that eating them will bring good luck or good health. Cats and Dogs In North China eating cats is considered to be a taboo, in these parts cats are seen as having a soul so for this reason they don’t consume them here. However in southern China cat flesh is considered to be warming during the winter months. South America has a festival every September where locals can share...
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...Marlene Martinez Anthropology 101 May 17, 2014 Zoo Assignment Monkeys and humans have been compared for years, we have all heard the expression “Monkey see, Monkey do”. Analyzing individual primates at the Santa Ana Zoo was quite an experience because when I use to hear monkeys I use to only picture one certain appearance and that was a brown monkey with a light brown face, and a long tail. Moneys are not just monkeys, humans aren’t just humans, and apes aren’t just apes they are all primates which is a mammal that has certain characteristics such as: flexible fingers and toes, opposable thumbs, flatter face than other mammals, have eyes that face forward and spaced close together, large and complex cerebrum, and they are also social animals. After analyzing the Brown Capuchin, White Faced Saki, Brown-Headed Spider Monkey, and Silver Langur it was obvious that all primates are completely different. Although their appearances are widely different there is one thing they have in common they all communicate through vocalizations and just calls to transmit messages to one another. I never took into consideration how much the behaviors of each monkeys vary but after analyzing the behavior for 20 minutes for each primate it was very interesting. Especially when it came to vocalizations because I'm so use to the typical in a way stereo type that society makes monkeys sound like. The first primate that I analyzed was the Brown Capuchin which is also known as the Cebus C.Apella. ...
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...article, “Howler monkeys may owe their color vision to leaf hue” depicts the effects that color can have on a species survival. The article suggest that the bright colors of the leaves have led to monkeys enhanced color vision. Howler monkeys have developed a taste for the vibrant red leaves. Research suggest that the monkey’s ability to differentiate between the red and green leaves helps them pick the more nutritious leaves. Although primates have acute color vision, many have some form of colorblindness. However, like Humans, Howler Monkeys have trichromatic vision. This trichromatic vision helps them select the more nutritious leaves. Additionally, when insects become unavailable Howler Monkeys supplement their diets with leaves from...
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...The Scopes Monkey Trial The Trial of the Century, Scopes Monkey Trial, The Monkey Trial these are a few names the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas legal case could be called. This court case was an unusual one because the State of Tennessee had passed an antievolutionary law named the Butler Act that outlawed the teaching of evolution in the classroom (New World Encyclopedia). While the scopes trial looked like ballyhoo, because of its substance it was actually important to America because of its substance and final showdown. The Scopes Trial had almost a circus or carnival like element to it. Especially in the town of Dayton Tennessee where the trial was being held because of a multitude of revival tents and other various things (Pierce)....
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...Describe and evaluate Bowlby’s monotropic theory [12 marks] Bowlby’s monotropic theory of attachment after extensive research suggests that emotional bonds had evolutionary functions as he thought it helped a child’s survival. Attachment behaviours in both babies and their caregivers have evolved through natural selection, so the way they behave causes the infants to be biologically programmed with innate behaviours that ensures that attachment does occur. These innate species-specific attachment behaviours are social releasers i.e crying, vocalising and smiling. Bowlby brought in the concept of monotropy through this that there is one relationship which is more important than all the rest. He, however did not rule out the possibility of other attachment figure for a child but did believe there should a primary bond (usually the mother) that was most important than any other in the child’s life. His theory also suggested that there is a critical period for the formation of attachments, whereby attachment behaviours between infant and carer must occur within a certain time period if children are to form attachments. If, however, it does not occur, then it may not happen at all later on. Due to the child’s relationship with the primary caregiver, an internal working model develops which influences relationships in the future. The model is a cognitive framework used to understand the world, self and others, that acts as a template. A person’s interaction with others...
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...uncountable anxiety situations that others will see as normal, like playing a particular sports or meeting new people. Steven E. Shelton and his colleague at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are trying to identify the processes in the brain that regulate fear and its associated behaviors. The only problem is that obtaining information in human being is extremely difficult, so the main focus has been towards the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), who goes through the same physiological and psychological developmental stage as human beings. If we can examine the nature and operation of the neural circuits that modulates fear in the rhesus monkey, then we will be able to pinpoint the brain processes that causes anxiety and fear in human beings and counteract it....
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...body configuration). Grade I – Lemuroids Lemuroids, including true lemurs, lorises and galagos are the most primitive ones among the living primates. As they are the first grade of primates, they evolved in about 65 million years ago, in Paleocene epoch. Lemurs and lorises are the most primitive because they are more close to ancestral traits such as their reliance on olfaction, which enhances the sense of smell. Having dental comb, which formed by forward-projecting lower incisors and canines for feeding and grooming and grooming claw on the second toe are some distinguishable identities. Lemurs are only found on Madagascar and its adjacent islands. They vary in numerous species and ecological niches since they have no competition from monkeys and apes on the islands they live in. Lemurs range in size...
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...Essay A “Saving Mr. Ugwu” is a novel written by Lin Anderson in 2012. Lin Anderson is a crime novelist and screenwriter and is of Scottish origins. The novel takes place in the African country, Nigeria, and is about Mr. Ugwu and his life. Mr. Ugwu is a workingman, who lives with his family. Because of his job, he is been forced to move from their nice neighborhood and surroundings in Lagos into the wilderness in the African bushes. His wife does not like living in the bushes and Mr. Ugwu quickly realizes that it is not fair to bring his family out into this uncivilized way of living, but Mr. Ugwu keeps reminding himself that his company has been very good to him, so he does not feel like he is in the position to argue and he therefore stays with his family in the bushes. Mr. Ugwu seems like a man who is always conscientious towards his job, and one day, he gets the task to hand out the paychecks to the rest of the black employers. Since the white men does not think that the black workers did their job well enough, they give them a much smaller amount of money than usual, which results in the employers being very unsatisfied and upset with Mr. Ugwu. They end up going to Mr. Ugwu’s house to protest, because it was him, who handed out the envelopes. At last, the protest stops and Mr. Ugwu and his family moves back to Lagos. Mr. Ugwu was born in Lagos and is an Igbo (a tripe in Nigeria). He is the main character in the story and has a wife and very gifted children, who has a...
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...primates would normally act in the wild but they have continual access to them and the also the ability to control their environment. Lastly the social and cultural aspects of primates are studied heavily. For example the individual self versus social self of primates are compared heavily to humans to try and give greater insight on human nature. There are four main groups of types of primates; Prosimians, New World Monkeys, Old World Monkeys, and Apes. Prosimians are considered the most primitive of all primates and are found in Madagascar. They are made up of Lemurs, Lorises, Galagos, and Tarsiers. The reason that they are considered the most primitive is because of their heavy reliance on sense of smell, many are nocturnal, they mark their territory with scent, and they have a dental comb. New World Monkeys are found in southern Mexico, and central and South America. There are three main groups of New World Monkeys; Callithricidae, Cebidae, and Atelidae. Callithricidae are comprised of Marmosets and Tamarins. Cebidae are Capuchins, and Squirrel and Owl Monkeys....
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