The first case of dental flossing by a Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata): implications for the determinants of behavioral innovation and the constraints on social transmission

A new case of fish-eating in Japanese ma

A new case of fish-eating in Japanese macaques: implications for social constraints on the diffusion of feeding innovation

✍ Jean-Baptiste Leca; Noëlle Gunst; Kunio Watanabe; Michael A. Huffman 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 172 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract This is the first detailed report of social factors affecting fish‐eating in Japanese macaques under natural circumstances. We video‐recorded a complete event of fish eating, involving a new fish food species for the monkeys on Koshima island. Following the discovery of a large beached