Tool use for food acquisition in a wild mountain gorilla ( Gorilla beringei beringei )
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19386367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean‐Felix Kinani (Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project Inc. University of California Davis California, corresponding author), Dawn Zimmerman (0000-0001-7003-5258, Wildlife Health Center School of Veterinary Medicine University of California Davis California) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 353-357 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Primatology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-2565 • E-ISSN: 1098-2345 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajp.22351 |
| PMID | 25452208 |
| OpenAlex | W2123971714 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 37 |
On May 14, 2013, a wild, human-habituated, juvenile female mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda was observed utilizing a tool to acquire food. The young gorilla watched an adult male use his hand to collect ants from a hole in the ground, and then quickly withdrew his hand and move away from the hole, shaking his arm to presumably remove biting ants. The juvenile female engaged in similar behavior, withdrawing her hand covered in ants, and shaking her arm vigorously. She then selected a piece of wood approximately 20 cm long and 2 cm wide at one end, 1 cm wide at the other, and proceeded to insert the stick into the hole, withdraw the stick, and then lick ants off of the stick. In contrast to the sizeable body of literature on tool use in wild chimpanzees, this is the first report of tool use for food acquisition by a wild gorilla
Biological evolution · Biology · Geography · Gorilla · Hominidae · Juvenile · National park · Pongidae · Zoology · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |