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The Wonderful World OfMonkeys.

What is Intelligence?What is Intelligence?

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learning, reasoning,understanding, andsimilar forms of mentalactivity•capacity forlearning, reasoning,understanding, andsimilar forms of mentalactivity; aptitude ingrasping truths,relationships, facts,meanings, etc.

INTELLIGENCE (contin.)

•Psychology- the science of mind and behavior

•Your intelligence level starts within yourmind

•Your mind and how you think determineshow you behave.

•3 Types of Intelligence

–Analytical: needed for problem solving

–Creative: reacting adaptively to novel situations

–Practical: required for everyday tasks

Monkeys!

•They are primates

•Most monkeys live in tropical regions in the Americas,Africa, and Asia and spend much of their lives intreetops

•Many species of monkeys live in groups called troops

•In Africa, mandrills can live in troops of up to 45monkeys

•Mandrill troops are led by a dominant male, whichhas the brightest colors on his face--and also on hisrear!

• The troop also includes several breeding females andtheir offspring.

How Do Monkeys Show Signs ofIntelligence?

There are Nine easy Steps to seeif your monkey is Smart.There are Nine easy Steps to seeif your monkey is Smart.

Communication Skills

•Monkeyscommunicatewith handgestures, facialexpressions,and noisescalledvocalizations

Eating Techniques

•they eat a variety of differentfoods

•Many species of monkeys eatfruits, seeds, roots, herbs

•Pygmy marmosets drill holes intrees and drink the tree sap

GroomingGrooming

•They groom to stay clean

•Grooming involves removing potentialparasites from the hair

•untangling knots

•courtship rituals

Choosing Mates

•They bondwith oneanother bygrooming

•They alsobond byeating andsleepingclose to oneanother.

Sleeping

•In trees,

•Dirt

•Leaves

• so they aresafe frompredators

Childcare

•birth in monkeys varies by species

•The pygmy marmoset lives in a group ofsix

•After birth, the offspring are carriedaround by the males in the community

•They are returned to the mother fornursing

Defense Techniques

Staring isthought tobe a threatin monkeycommunities

Hearing

•Monkeys canhear well

•They notice anylittle noise

•They can tell thedifferencebetween their”troops” noise

•Mothers can tellfrom their babiesnoise and otherone

Territory

•Very territorial

•First they try tomove away

•when they feelthreatened or beingchallenged theystrike

•They use defensetechniques to fight

Bar Graph

Intelligent Monkeys

•Over time monkeys have adapted totheir surroundings

•They used creative intelligence tocome up with new ways to eat food(i.e. peeling or biting a banana)

•Aggressive behavior can tell theirmood or feelings

ETHOGRAM-How do monkeys show signs of intelligence?

CommunicationsSkills

EatingTech.

Grooming

Choosing Mates

SleepingEnvironment

ChildCare

DefenseTech.

Hearing

Territorial