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Constructive And Deconstructive Tool Modification By Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes), Amanda E. Bania, Stephany Harris, Hannah R. Kinsley, Sarah T. Boysen Jan 2009

Constructive And Deconstructive Tool Modification By Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes), Amanda E. Bania, Stephany Harris, Hannah R. Kinsley, Sarah T. Boysen

Sentience Collection

Nine chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) were tested for their ability to assemble or disassemble the appropriate tool to obtain a food reward from two different apparatus. In its deconstructed form, the tool functioned as a probe for one apparatus. In its constructed form, the tool functioned as a hook, appropriate for a second apparatus. Each subject completed four test trials with each apparatus type. Tool types were randomized and counter-balanced between the two forms. Results demonstrated that adult and juvenile chimpanzees (N = 7) were successful with both tool types, while two infant chimpanzees performed near chance. Off-line video analyses revealed …


Saved By My Pet Jan 2009

Saved By My Pet

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Whether consoling broken hearts or serving as models of compassion, these pets have been their humans’ best friends.


President's Note, Wayne Pacelle Jan 2009

President's Note, Wayne Pacelle

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

A Call to Action


Turtle Trackers, Nancy Lawson Jan 2009

Turtle Trackers, Nancy Lawson

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Spurred on by the march of bulldozers, rescuers move these vulnerable creatures out of harm’s way.


Front Lines Jan 2009

Front Lines

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Landmark Victory; Petland Bust; Hunting Hounds' Misery; Rescue Takes Wing; An Unlikely Tipster; Compassion in the Pews; Good News for Greyhounds


The Most Dangerous Day Job, Mike Satchell Jan 2009

The Most Dangerous Day Job, Mike Satchell

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

HSUS investigators document animal cruelty— and capture images that urge the world not to look away.


Letters To The Editor Jan 2009

Letters To The Editor

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

No abstract provided.


Humane Living Jan 2009

Humane Living

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Animal-Friendly Gardening Products


President's Note Jan 2009

President's Note

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

A SWAT team for animals


Your Pet Jan 2009

Your Pet

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Think cats can’t walk on leashes? Wise up with these tips and tales


Celebrating Animals Jan 2009

Celebrating Animals

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Your Best Shot


Letters To The Editor Jan 2009

Letters To The Editor

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

No abstract provided.


Perspective Jan 2009

Perspective

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Karolyn Kelly-O’Keefe


Q&A Jan 2009

Q&A

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Berkeley Breathed on Opus and underwear


Humane Living, Ruthanne Johnson Jan 2009

Humane Living, Ruthanne Johnson

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Decipher the deception on fur labels


Prowling The Divide, Julie Falconer Jan 2009

Prowling The Divide, Julie Falconer

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

After decades of debate about the place of feral cats in society, feline and bird advocates are finding common ground


Q&A Jan 2009

Q&A

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Cat Cora, chef and seal advocate


Truth In Numbers, Nancy Lawson Jan 2009

Truth In Numbers, Nancy Lawson

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

An HSUS spay/neuter campaign changes the odds for homeless animals in the Gulf Coast


Your Pet Jan 2009

Your Pet

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Take it in stride with your dog at your side


Front Lines Jan 2009

Front Lines

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Freedom for Chained Dogs; A Fresh Look at Food and Farm Animals; Prop 2’s Online Momentum; Keeping the Heat on Petland; Yays & Nays; A Soft Exit for Canada Geese


No Place For Poaching, Andy Macalpine Jan 2009

No Place For Poaching, Andy Macalpine

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

The HSUS and state wildlife agencies band together to wipe out illegal hunting


Perspective Jan 2009

Perspective

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

The joys of four-legged cubicle mates


Celebrating Animals Jan 2009

Celebrating Animals

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Your Best Shot


President's Note Jan 2009

President's Note

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

No abstract provided.


Letters Jan 2009

Letters

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

No abstract provided.


A Place Of Their Own, Angela Moxley Jan 2009

A Place Of Their Own, Angela Moxley

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

At a 1,250-acre sanctuary in East Texas, The HSUS offers protection and a lifelong home to hundreds of rescued animals


The Chimpanzee Challenge, Nancy Lawson Jan 2009

The Chimpanzee Challenge, Nancy Lawson

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

The HSUS works to end invasive research on our closest cousins, exposing widespread suffering at a federal facility and lobbying to retire chimpanzees to sanctuary


Front Lines Jan 2009

Front Lines

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Southern Sanctuary; Spotlight on Shelter Adoptions; Fighting Puppy Mills; Petland Lawsuit; Yays and Nays; Cage-Free World; Mercy for Downed Cows; The Animals’ Lobbyists; Health and Healing


Q&A Jan 2009

Q&A

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

John Land Le Coq: Unexpected Champion for Sharks


Perspective Jan 2009

Perspective

Serial - All Animals 2009-15

Giving Senior Pets a Chance