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Which of the following are types of primate social groups?
Family group
All of these are types of primate social groups
One male with many females
Many males and many females
What is NOT a benefit of group-living?
Defending territory
Using alarm calls to warn about predators.
Grooming
Competing for food
What kind of primate is solitary?
Galagos that hunt insects at night
Chimpanzees that eat fruit and are active during the day
Vervets that live in trees and on the ground
Tamarins that have lots of kids
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?
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.
They have to fight for leadership of their social group.
Primates grow up really fast and don’t have a “kid” phase.
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.
They can’t communicate with each other to warn about predators.
There are too many trees in their habitats.
What is one way you can help protect primates?
Recycle paper and other items so fewer trees are cut down.
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).
Buy one as a pet.
