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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1180| Appears in Collections: | Psychology Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | Transport of dead infant mountain gorillas by mothers and unrelated females |
| Author(s): | Warren, Ymke Williamson, Elizabeth A |
| Contact Email: | e.a.williamson@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | Gorilla beringei behavior allomothering infant deaths Gorilla Social behavior in animals Gorilla behavior Gorilla infants |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2004 |
| Date Deposited: | 13-May-2009 |
| Citation: | Warren Y & Williamson EA (2004) Transport of dead infant mountain gorillas by mothers and unrelated females. Zoo Biology, 23 (4), pp. 375-378. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20001 |
| Abstract: | This report describes prolonged carriage of the corpses of two mountain gorilla infants by both related and unrelated adult females. Two hypotheses regarding this transport are considered: 1) that maternal behavior toward unrelated infants may be a by-product of the hormonal condition of pregnancy, and 2) that the animals may be ‘‘learning to mother,’’ as nulliparous females could benefit from the experience of handling an infant that is no longer alive. Some factors pertinent to the event of infant deaths in captivity are considered. |
| DOI Link: | 10.1002/zoo.20001 |
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