Comments on: Video Clips of JJ from Bossou, Guinea fishing for tools http://primatology.net/2008/05/05/video-clips-of-jj-from-bossou-guinea-fishing-for-tools/ We ain’t monkeyin’ around here. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:32:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kambiz http://primatology.net/2008/05/05/video-clips-of-jj-from-bossou-guinea-fishing-for-tools/#comment-9110 Tue, 06 May 2008 05:05:20 +0000 http://primatology.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-9110 Admin, not it seems like he has done this independently and has not done this in front of others where this behavior will be transmitted. That’s what the original paper said.

No other members of this group go ant-fishing, it seems like he has been the pioneer member that started it.

It will be really awesome to see how this behavior spreads and develops in this group from Bossou because it will provide a framework for understanding different how tool use behaviors have emerged in other chimp and great ape social groups.

Kambiz

]]> By: Admin http://primatology.net/2008/05/05/video-clips-of-jj-from-bossou-guinea-fishing-for-tools/#comment-9108 Tue, 06 May 2008 02:32:56 +0000 http://primatology.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-9108 Does he do this where others can observe his behavior, or is this a solo act? Do members of this group go ant-fishing together at established locations, or is it generally an opportunistic and individual activity? I’m curious as to the potential for imitative transmission.

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