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Which of the following are types of primate social groups?
Family group
Many males and many females
One male with many females
All of these are types of primate social groups
What is NOT a benefit of group-living?
Defending territory
Using alarm calls to warn about predators.
Competing for food
Grooming
What kind of primate is solitary?
Tamarins that have lots of kids
Galagos that hunt insects at night
Vervets that live in trees and on the ground
Chimpanzees that eat fruit and are active during the day
What makes primates social animals?
Strong hands for climbing
Living in groups and learning from each other
Living in trees
Eating insects
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.
They have to fight for leadership of their social group.
Primates grow up really fast and don’t have a “kid” phase.
Primate kids play a lot to learn how to behave as adults.
What is one threat to primates living in the wild?
They can’t communicate with each other to warn about predators.
There are too many trees in their habitats.
They haven’t learned how to use bows and arrows.
Humans hunt them for food and pets.
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.
Print out lots of paper flyers to show people how cool primates are (and then throw them in the trash when you’re done).
Cut down trees to plant a farm instead.
