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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?
Competing for food
Using alarm calls to warn about predators.
Defending territory
Grooming
What kind of primate is solitary?
Galagos that hunt insects at night
Tamarins that have lots of kids
Chimpanzees that eat fruit and are active during the day
Vervets that live in trees and on the ground
What makes primates social animals?
Living in trees
Eating insects
Strong hands for climbing
Living in groups and learning from each other
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?
They have to take care of themselves and have no time for play.
Primate kids play a lot to learn how to behave as adults.
Primates grow up really fast and don’t have a “kid” phase.
They have to fight for leadership of their social group.
What is one threat to primates living in the wild?
Humans hunt them for food and pets.
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.
What is one way you can help protect primates?
Recycle paper and other items so fewer trees are cut down.
Buy one as a pet.
Cut down trees to plant a farm instead.
Print out lots of paper flyers to show people how cool primates are (and then throw them in the trash when you’re done).
