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Behaviour |
Description |
Locality, Date |
Author |
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Salad feed |
Subadult feeding on salad |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Grass feed |
Juvenile feeding on grass from the ground |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Grass feed |
Several group members feeding on grass from the ground |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Crouching walk |
Adult female exhibiting slow crouching walk |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Crouching walk |
Adult male exhibiting slow crouching walk |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Slow climb |
Juvenile exhibiting slow climb. Siamang calls are audible
in the background. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Nervous swing |
Adult male nervously swinging back and forth, squeals,
does not stop when it suddenly starts to rain heavily. Siamang calls are audible
in the background. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Observe |
Adult female stares at the observer or at her reflection
in the camera lens. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Contourt |
Adult male repeatedly and heavily pulls at his own
neck and while assuming a contourted position. The function of this behaviour is
unclear. When the male receives a play invitation from the juvenile, he reacts with
a threat. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Play invitation |
The juvenile directs several invitations to play at
the subadult. Short bouts of social play ensue. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Groom |
Social grooming |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Copulation |
Copulation between dark female and light male, in the
outdoor cage, while both offspring are in the indoor cage. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Copulation |
Copulation between dark female and light male, in the
outdoor cage, while both offspring are in the indoor cage. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 22-28 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Copulation disturbance |
The adult pair briefly plays, then appears to begin
to copulate, but they are immediately interrupted by the juvenile who chases the
adult male. Calls of a male pileated gibbon and a female lar gibbon are audible in
the background. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 25 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Play-chase |
The juvenile and the subadult take turns at play-chasing
each other. Calls of a male pileated gibbon are audible in the background. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 25 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Play and gallop |
The subadult briefly play-chases the juvenile who runs
a way on the ground in a quadrupedal gallop. Rasping calls can be heard during the
chase, but it is not clear which animal is calling. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 25 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Gallop |
The juvenile runs on the ground in a quadrupedal gallop.
Calls of a male pileated gibbon are audible in the background. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 25 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Male song |
A short phrase by the adult male. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 25 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Male song |
A more elaborate phrase by a different adult male.
Siamang and male pileated gibbon calls are audible in the background. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 30 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Male song |
A longer excerpt of the male solo song. The male also
produces squeals between the phrases. Calls of siamangs, a male pileated gibbon and
another male agile gibbon are audible in the background. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 30 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Male song |
A longer excerpt of the male solo song. The male also
produces squeals between the phrases. Calls of another male agile gibbon are audible
in the background. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 30 August 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Groom |
A long excerpt of a grooming session showing several
members of a family group groomign the adult male. |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 5-11 September 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Groom |
A longer take of the adult female grooming the adult
male (different group than in the example above). |
Twycross Zoo, UK, 5-11 September 2005 |
Amandine Chapelain |
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Climb |
Juvenile climbing on wire mesh. |
Marak Island, Kalaweit Rehabilitation Center Sumatra,
1 June 2005 |
Sally Keith |