Arithmetic-Like Reasoning in Wild Vervet Monkeys: A Demonstration of Cost-Benefit Calculation in Foraging

Arithmetic-like reasoning has been demonstrated in various animals in captive and seminatural environments, but it is unclear whether such competence is practiced in the wild. Using a hypothetical foraging paradigm, we demonstrate that wild vervet monkeys spontaneously adjust their “foraging behavio...

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Main Authors: Sayaka Tsutsumi, Tomokazu Ushitani, Kazuo Fujita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Zoology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/806589
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