Monkey Observation

A few weeks ago, I spent a lovely Monday afternoon observing two different primates at the Santa Ana Zoo. I got to the zoo around two in the afternoon, and to my surprise, the zoo was decently crowded. The Santa Ana Zoo is smaller in comparison to other zoos like the Los Angeles Zoo, but still had a decent amount of animals there. Covering a small 20 acres of land, I came across two primates that fit perfectly for the purposes of this course project. I chose to observe an endangered ape, the white-handed gibbon, and an endangered new world monkey, the golden-headed lion tamarin.

When it was born it behaved in the same assertive ways that male monkeys behaved. It challenged other males to fights, joined in rough and tumble games and tried to mate with female monkeys. Other studies of animals being injected with opposite sex hormones produced similar results. It is important not to generalise animal study findings to human beings who are very much aware of their behaviour and are able to control it.

Orangutan was the primate I decided to select for this primate observation. The monkey was enclosed in a large cage with two other monkeys (same species). It seem to be comfortable and unbothered of its surroundings. The monkey was just sitting observing everything around them, for example us the visitors. These primates are known to be unique thinkers. They are very quiet than other primates, patient, and problem solvers. The staff from the Los Angeles Zoo, provides a variety of enrichment through diet, I noticed a staff giving the monkeys vegetables: carrots, lettuce, and other that I didn’t quite notice. Being able to observe the lives of the Orangutans enclosed in the zoo, are very different

They are very fast and can be able to run within short distances using the most minimal time. It takes less than 10 seconds to run within a distance of approximately 100 meters. While the animals move around they try to monitor the environment as quadrupedally and monitoring of the environment can be able to take as much as up to ten minutes in any case they have doubts of where they are, this alerts them of any predators. Consortship is a situation where the two animals would stay close to each other and monitor the movement and environment of each other. This is done as long as the animals are out in an environment that is not seen as being friendly. The patas can be seen to be less vocal and they move around in silence, they make certain noise only once when they have seen a predator. The noise or the sound takes just a few seconds as long as the danger is taken away

While reading the significant monkey, it reminded me of the city ghetto where survival of the fittest solely depends on whether a person is fit to survive. As I read this pome again I find an interesting similarity to of these animals to people I know.

The fundamental physical prerequisites of people , just like all organisms , are : water, for various metabolic process; foods, to provide energy, raw materials for developing entirely new living matter, as well as chemical substances required for vital reactions; oxygen, to discharge energy from foods materials; heat, to enhance chemical effects; and also pressure, to enable inhaling and exhaling” This like this article and think that it relates to . To be able to understand how humans evolved from early existence forms, we can quickly take a look at our closest relatives, the primates. Primates consist of us (Homo sapiens), the apes, the monkeys, as well as prosimians, for example, the lemur. We can easily be familiar with primate behavior

The first group of primates I mainly observed were the Bonobos, also known as the pygmy chimps to many. On this occasion a youngster running

Within this essay, we will study more in depth the behavioral as well as physical traits of two primates at a zoo from their interaction with their peers to their place in the group. This observation would enable us to further understand the possible existing correlation between humans and primates. First, I studied a female chimpanzee with her baby, and then, a dominant male gorilla, in San Francisco Zoo at about noon, on May 23, 2015, for an hour each. Even though they share some similarities such as having a large brain, living for a long time, and being bored in their enclosure, they are still different; when gorillas are the largest, chimpanzees are the smartest. In fact, chimps use tools to catch food, they would not be able to reach

Marijuana use is on the rise, especially among teenagers and young adults. With the recent laws passed in eight states about legalizing medical marijuana , many stand divided when it comes to this never ending debate, but I firmly believe that this miracle working drug should be legalized throughout the United States.

In 1988 at the University of Zurich, Eduard Stammbach set up an experiment with long tailed macaque monkeys to determine if they were able to rein aggressive behavior and act cooperatively. Subgroups of monkeys were created, and the lowest ranking monkey was taught to press a set of levers in a specific sequence that caused a machine to deliver popcorn. The high-ranking monkeys noticed the low ranking monkeys’ unique skills. The high-ranking monkeys soon began grabbing all the popcorn. Before long the low ranking monkeys stopped operating the machine. This did not last long because the higher-ranking monkeys began to change their behavior. The higher-ranking monkeys began to approach the lower ranking monkeys more peacefully, and allowed the lower ranking monkeys a share of the popcorn. Furthermore some higher-ranking monkeys began to groom the lower monkeys even when the machine was inoperative.

Since the beginning of time, humans have always been captivated by the endless possibilities of life and the intricate subject of fate and destiny. Perhaps, it is simply integrated into our nature. Although that wonder does come at a price in particular cases, it does not stop us from collectively seeking out new experiences, and that is probably for the better.

I can live in “both swamp and terra firma lowland forests throughout the Western Equatorial Africa.” (IUCN, 2016). We usually live in groups, mostly from 5 to 15 members, with a dominant male who serves as our alpha and protector. The dominant male gorilla will be chosen if he is the strongest and oldest silverback within the group (Seaworld Parks and Entertainment, 2016), and because of the privileges of being an alpha, which is having the opportunity to mate with the females in the group, to become the dominant one who usually makes the decision when to eat or move out to another place, he sometimes have to compete or to show off with the other silverbacks or male gorillas in order to maintain his position and

Now, imagine you get four more monkeys. We'll call them Tito, Bubbles, Marcel and ShitTosser. Imagine personalities for each of them now. Maybe one is aggressive, one is affectionate, one is quiet, the other just throws shit all the time. But they're all your personal monkey friends.

Also, on February of 2000 a was attacked by her ”pet” monkey and spent over a week in the hospital and had to undergo 12 weeks of physical therapy. Even animals that look sweet, like monkeys, but they are just as dangerous as a

Iwant started recounting to her one year old girl the complicated story of their species. She began with the meeting of the queens in which she learned about her fate as a female monkey. She said: “once every year following the last meteor catastrophe, monkey has been meeting regularly on a special occasion to commemorate the event and learn about the skills they need to master in order to survive and also to prepare the next generation; the meeting of the queen.” She added: “we have met several groups of monkeys in that setting. One group instructed me about the first time brown monkeys and yellow ones have met coming out of the same cave.” “Another group talked to me about why brown skin monkeys were the superior monkey among all and all the privileges they were granted in their society. They also explained to me, she exclaimed, how male monkeys were indolent, lazy, good-for-nothing and were only capable of doing sexual intercourse. One older female added that these males represented a waste in our community and only a few of them had enough strength to get a female monkey pregnant. At this point she became really agitated and shouted