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Which of the following are types of primate social groups?
Family group
Many males and many females
All of these are types of primate social groups
One male with many females
What is NOT a benefit of group-living?
Grooming
Using alarm calls to warn about predators.
Defending territory
Competing for food
What kind of primate is solitary?
Chimpanzees that eat fruit and are active during the day
Tamarins that have lots of kids
Vervets that live in trees and on the ground
Galagos that hunt insects at night
What makes primates social animals?
Living in groups and learning from each other
Living in trees
Eating insects
Strong hands for climbing
Who will help a primate mom take care of her kid (who make good allomothers)?
Fathers.
Older brothers or sisters.
Unrelated females.
All of the above.
What do primate kids do?
Primate kids play a lot to learn how to behave as adults.
They have to fight for leadership of their social group.
They have to take care of themselves and have no time for play.
Primates grow up really fast and don’t have a “kid” phase.
What is one threat to primates living in the wild?
They haven’t learned how to use bows and arrows.
There are too many trees in their habitats.
They can’t communicate with each other to warn about predators.
Humans hunt them for food and pets.
What is one way you can help protect primates?
Cut down trees to plant a farm instead.
Buy one as a pet.
Print out lots of paper flyers to show people how cool primates are (and then throw them in the trash when you’re done).
Recycle paper and other items so fewer trees are cut down.
