Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Authors: | K. Zamma |
Journal: | Primates |
Volume: | 43 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pagination: | 87 - 90 |
Date Published: | 2002 |
Keywords: | animals, Ape Diseases/physiopathology, Behavior, Animal/physiology, grooming, lice, Lice Infestations/physiopathology/veterinary, Pan, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Abstract: | During the course of systematic observations of the leaf-grooming behavior by the chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) of the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, I recovered a louse from a leaf "groomed" by an adult male chimpanzee after a typical leaf-grooming session. During the leaf-grooming session I observed a small object on his lower lip. He picked up a leaf, transferred the small object from his lip to the leaf, folded the leaf and crushed the folded side of the leaf with his thumb. I present this observation as further evidence of the "squashing ectoparasites" hypothesis for leaf-grooming. |
URL: | http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/44860.pdf |