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11093037

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
Eight captive orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) were given wooden blocks embedded with raisins and bamboo as raw material for tool making in a study of manual laterality. In about three quarters of the raisin extraction bouts, the orangutans held the tool in the lips or teeth rather than in their hands. Three adult males and 2 adult females showed extreme (> or =92%) preference for oral tool use, a subadult male and an adult female used oral tools about half the time, and 1 adult female preferred manual tool use. Most oral tool users made short tools (approx. 4-10 cm long) that were held in the lips and (probably) supported by the tongue. Preference for oral tool use does not correlate with body weight, age or sex, but it may be related to hand size or individual preference. This is the first report of customary oral tool use as the norm in captive orangutans; it resembles the behavioral patterns reported by van Schaik et al. and Fox et al. in nature.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0015-5713
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
334-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Oral tool use by captive orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus).
pubmed:affiliation
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA. romalley@ualberta.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't