Chimp & See Talk

Aggression among chimps

  • Boleyn by Boleyn moderator

    How do the male chimps establish their pecking order? We rarely ever see or hear aggression whch strikes me as odd. Any reason for this?

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  • northernlimitptv by northernlimitptv scientist, moderator

    Although it's an important aspect of chimpanzee life, aggression as an event is relatively rare and short lived. While with the chimps we certainly see aggressive interactions daily if not even multiple times a day, however I believe at Fongoli it only accounts for a very small percentage of time spent in a day (something like 1%?). Catching rarer behaviors on camera traps (which only offer short windows into a chimp's life ) can be difficult!

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  • Boleyn by Boleyn moderator

    Thanks Erin, would you mind to elaborate a bit more on the first part of my question? Let me ask it differently: Do they establish the order with other means than aggression?

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  • maureenmccarthy by maureenmccarthy scientist, moderator

    Hi @Boleyn,
    @LirSam's response in this thread might help answer your question.

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  • Boleyn by Boleyn moderator in response to maureenmccarthy's comment.

    Thanks Maureen, my own question... I better stop now before I ask the same things over and over again 8D 8D

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  • maureenmccarthy by maureenmccarthy scientist, moderator

    Haha! Keep 'em coming! 😄

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