01595nam a2200277Ia 4500 TVU_13005 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 0198526210 9780198526216 eng 591.5 S310 Reader, Simon M. Animal innovation Simon M. Reader, Kevin N. Laland Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2003 x, 344 p. ill. 25 cm Includes bibliographical references and index In 1953 a young female Japanese monkey called Imo began washing sweet potatoes in water prior to eating, presumably to remove dirt and sand grains. Soon other monkeys had copied her behavior, and potato-washing gradually spread throughout the entire troop. When, three years after her first invention, Imo devised a second novel foraging behavior, that of separating wheat from sand by throwing mixed handfuls into water and scooping out the floating grains, she was almost instantly heralded around the world as a "monkey genius." Imo is probably the most celebrated of animal innovators. In fact, many animals will invent new behavior patterns, adjust established behaviors to a novel context, or respond in an appropriate and novel manner... Animal behavior; Behavior evolution; Learning in animals; Psychology; Comparative; Behavior; Animal; Learning; Psychology; Comparative Simon M. Reader; Kevin N. Laland Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh