Fruit/Nut?

• by CHaRLieDonTsURf

  I've seen numerous different individuals and groups using/sharing the large rock @ Cool Silence 5. What is it that they are using the rock to open and eat? Is it a fruit, or a large nut?

  Posted April 25, 2015 2:41 PM

• by MimiA scientist, moderator

  Hi @CHaRLieDonTsURf can you post a link and I will check it out - sharing the large rock is a really interesting behaviour! Cool Silence 5 is a site where we know the chimps crack open several types of large nuts, so that would be my guess but when i see the video I can confirm.

  Posted April 25, 2015 6:03 PM

• by CHaRLieDonTsURf

  Here's one where a large male is sitting using the rock when a younger male approaches:
  http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00029cx

  After some conversation, the younger male sits to wait his turn at the rock. He's holding one of the nuts in his mouth:
  http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00029cy

  Adolescent using the same rock, and he's got an absolute mouthful of whatever it is he's eating:
  http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00029k6

  Another youngster giving the rock a try. You can see one of the large nuts on the ground under his left knee:
  http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00029mw

  And then there must be an hour's worth of video of this Mom & baby eating at the rock: (Probably 30 successive clips starting with this one).
  http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00028y2

  Posted April 25, 2015 6:56 PM

• by MimiA scientist, moderator

  These are great! and yes all nut cracking, I am just going to double check with an expert and I can give you a certain answer on what species of nut 😃

  Posted April 25, 2015 7:19 PM

• by CHaRLieDonTsURf

  Here's another sequence with Mom & baby at #TheRock. She's carrying two of the #nuts in her mouth as she sits down to go to work:
  http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP000290e

  Posted April 25, 2015 8:43 PM

• by CHaRLieDonTsURf

  In this video, you can see the remnants of the insides of the #nuts on the ground around #TheRock as a male #chimp exits with his belly full:
  http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00029d1

  Posted April 25, 2015 9:12 PM

• by CHaRLieDonTsURf

  For the record, I believe the Mom & baby pair in: http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00028y2 to be a different pair than the Mom & baby in: http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP000290e.

  Posted April 25, 2015 9:13 PM

• by MimiA scientist, moderator

  Thanks for all this! I am going to tell the mod in cool silence to make sure to check out this thread!

  Posted April 25, 2015 11:47 PM

• by CHaRLieDonTsURf

  Here's a good shot of the insides of whatever they're cracking:
  http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00028z3

  Posted April 26, 2015 5:11 PM

• by vittoriaestienne scientist, moderator in response to CHaRLieDonTsURf's comment.

  Hey! grat clips! I've started to check them ... I thought maybe the adolescent you refer to in the clip http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00029k6 could have been already spotted [CSJuv04? do you agree?]. if so, that's a match!

  Posted April 26, 2015 9:05 PM

• by vittoriaestienne scientist, moderator in response to CHaRLieDonTsURf's comment.

  the joung female in the video http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00029mw has been already recognized as Anne. you can check it out the individuals already spotted at this site in the thread "Prospective Chimps" and "Known Chimps" and try to find a match! :]

  Posted April 26, 2015 9:08 PM

• by vittoriaestienne scientist, moderator in response to CHaRLieDonTsURf's comment.

  for the sequence of the clip http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00028y2 I think this is the female with the preliminary name of CSFemale02 in the thread "Perspective Chimps Female"

  Posted April 26, 2015 9:19 PM

• by vittoriaestienne scientist, moderator in response to CHaRLieDonTsURf's comment.

  right! :]

  Posted April 26, 2015 9:21 PM