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A short observation of a free ranging Japanese macaque troop at her feeding place provides some evidence about the absence of spontaneous instrumental cooperative behavior in a food getting situation. The experimental situation was designed to test the posibility inMacaca fuscata of collaborative action (removing of heavy baited stones) and sharing of reward. Out of approximately 100 situations only 26 were of social interest. Sixteen in a tolerant fashion and 10 in aggressive one.
Of special interest is that the tolerant cases are almost all the fact of individuals from same affiliative groups and/or from same age’s class (juveniles). Conversely the aggressive cases occur between individuals from different affiliative groups. This is to be related with the social organisation ofMacaca fuscata troop. If the environmental pressure was powerful enough to associate some individuals on the same job this was likely to happen between already acquainted (through grooming for example) individuals.
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Burton, J.J. Absence de comportement coopératif spontané dans une troupe deMacaca fuscata en présence de pierres appêtées. Primates 18, 359–366 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02383113
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