Reaction to Snakes in Wild Moor Macaques (Macaca maura)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11279931 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clara Hernández Tienda (0000-0002-8902-4468, Universitat de Girona), Víctor Beltrán Francés (0000-0001-9852-0239, Universitat de Girona), B Majolo (0000-0002-0235-3040, University of Lincoln), Teresa Romero (0000-0002-1245-9906, University of Lincoln), Risma Illa Maulany (0000-0001-5061-6725, Hasanuddin University), Putu Oka Ngakan (0000-0002-1383-2661, Hasanuddin University), Federica Amici (0000-0003-3539-1067, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 528-532 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Primatology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0164-0291 • E-ISSN: 1573-8604 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10764-021-00230-6 |
| OpenAlex | W3179302407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
Snake predation is considered an important evolutionary force for primates. Yet, very few studies have documented encounters between primates and snakes in the wild. Here, we provide a preliminary account of how wild moor macaques ( Macaca maura ) respond to seven species of real and model snakes. Snakes could be local and dangerous to the macaques (i.e., venomous or constricting), local and nondangerous, and novel and dangerous. Macaques reacted most strongly to constrictors (i.e., pythons), exploring them and producing alarm calls, and partially to vipers (both local and novel), exploring them but producing no alarm calls. However, they did not react to other dangerous (i.e., king cobra) or nondangerous species. Our results suggest that moor macaques discriminate local dangerous snakes from nondangerous ones, and may use specific cues (e.g., triangular head shape) to generalize their previous experience with vipers to novel species
ALARM · Alarm signal · Animal ecology · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Ophidia · Predation · Venom · Zoology · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 1.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |