Piel, AK (2016) A New Report of Chimpanzee Ant-fishing from the Issa Valley, Tanzania. African Primates, 11 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1093-8966

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Abstract

Tool use in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) is widespread across their geographical distribution, having been documented in all populations studied to date. Ant-fishing, specifically, is less frequently observed, reported so far in only ten different communities. We describe the first observations of ant-fishing of Camponotus chrysurus by chimpanzees living in the mosaic landscape of the Issa Valley, western Tanzania. After two separate bouts, both occurring in the same position in a fig tree (Ficus lutea vahl), we recovered five ant-fishing tools made from the liana Dichapetalum crassifolium chodat. Tool types closely resemble those described for earlier reports of the same behavior in near-by Mahale Mountains chimpanzees, and thus may have implications for cultural diffusion of the habit across populations.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions:	Natural Sciences & Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19)
Publisher:	IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group
Date Deposited:	15 Aug 2016 14:20
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 12:36
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/4027

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