2000
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2361(2000)19:1<41::aid-zoo5>3.0.co;2-j
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Social attachment in giraffe: Response to social separation

Abstract: Attachment relationships between animals are often studied by separating a pair of individuals and recording their subsequent behavior. Studies of non‐human primates have shown that separation results in changes that are indicative of both psychological and physiological stress. Similar results have been found in several non‐primate species with differing social structures. This study examined the behavior of two female giraffe at Zoo Atlanta after the removal of the resident male. Data were collected on the g… Show more

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“…In addition, social bonds have been documented in nursery groups with consistent membership composed of females and offspring (Pratt & Anderson, 1985) in which calves interact and associate frequently with other calves, perhaps forming peer bonds (Langman, 1977;Pratt & Anderson, 1979. Finally, experimental social separation of captive giraffe in a previous study resulted in increased stereotypic and contact behaviors (Tarou, Bashaw, & Maple, 2000), implying that the separation disrupted a social bond. The study of females provides a logical starting point for investigating giraffe social structure, as adult females are typically social in the wild and adult males are generally solitary.…”
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“…In addition, social bonds have been documented in nursery groups with consistent membership composed of females and offspring (Pratt & Anderson, 1985) in which calves interact and associate frequently with other calves, perhaps forming peer bonds (Langman, 1977;Pratt & Anderson, 1979. Finally, experimental social separation of captive giraffe in a previous study resulted in increased stereotypic and contact behaviors (Tarou, Bashaw, & Maple, 2000), implying that the separation disrupted a social bond. The study of females provides a logical starting point for investigating giraffe social structure, as adult females are typically social in the wild and adult males are generally solitary.…”
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“…This is an interesting finding helpful to the management of primates that tend to form close social bonds with each other under captive and field conditions [27,28]. Group members remaining in the enclosure did not demonstrate signs of stress, protest or despair [4,6], suggesting that they had little attachment to the monkeys removed from the enclosure within 1 year cohabitation [5]. The animals removed from the group consisted of a subordinate female (daughter of the dominant female), a male (unrelated to the other animals) and a sub-adult male (coefficient of kinship with the dominant female is 1/4).…”
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confidence: 89%
“…As to the remaining individuals, the frequency and percentage of time engaged in these behaviors both changed. This change may be related to despair at the loss of their peers LL and XZZ, and in DIAN and DD's case, in the loss of each other [5], as they frequently played together before separation (data not shown). Adverse early experiences such as separation can compromise behavioral and psychological adjustment in primates, and can lead to stress-related behavioral deficiencies [33,34].…”
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confidence: 98%
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