ArticlePrimates; journal of primatology2020
Responses to a dead companion in a captive group of tufted capuchins (Sapajus apella).
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- Responses to dying and dead adult companions in a free-ranging, provisioned group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata).Primates; journal of primatology · 2025Article
- Hormonal changes in northern white-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) after the death of a group member.Primates; journal of primatology · 2024Article
- Life and death of a disabled wild capuchin monkey infant.Primates; journal of primatology · 2023Article
- Reactions to a dead adult female in Japanese macaques at Arashiyama: Why did a non-affiliated female groom the corpse?Primates; journal of primatology · 2023Article
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- Callitrichid responses to dead and dying infants: the effects of paternal bonding and cause of death.Primates; journal of primatology · 2020Review
- Responses to death and dying: primates and other mammals.Primates; journal of primatology · 2020Article
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Abstract
The observation of specific reactions by animals to dead conspecifics raises questions about their capacity to understand death. We describe the behavior of a captive group of tufted capuchins in the hours following the death of an adult female. The behavior of 12 subjects was recorded over a 5-h period. Most group members displayed exploratory behaviors toward the corpse, peering at it, smelling, touching, lifting or pulling it at least once. Interactions with the corpse were particularly frequent in the first hour, then decreased in the following hours. The relatives of the deceased female were the most involved individuals, and her daughter spent more time near her body than the other members of the group. Rates of interaction with the body were especially high in subadult individuals. Most of the behaviors directed to the body of the deceased individual appeared to be investigative.
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