National Geographic: The New Chimpanzees Page #2
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Charlotte Uhlenbroek
is studying pant hoots,
the long range calls of chimps.
She follows one male all day,
recording the precise time and
circumstances of any pant hoot he makes
Her Tanzanian associate, Issa Salala,
follows another male and does the same
At the end of the day,
they will compare their notes,
to see whether they've witnessed
two sides of a conversation,
and to try and decipher its meaning.
The pant hoots are certainly
conveying some meaning.
Um, what, what I'm trying
to find out is exactly
how specific are the meanings
I mean, um, does a particular pant-hoot
convey something about a food source?
Does it say, Come here boys?
Does it say I'll meet you up
in the next valley?
Or are they directed at family members
at allies, at friends?
Or are they just, generally, Anyone
that can hear me, this is my message?
We haven't got our ears tuned in.
I mean, it's like different
cultures very often,
it's difficult to hear a slightly
different, uh, pronunciation.
So, certainly, we're not hearing all
the difference out of these.
Sometimes, there's still just a
cacophony of screams out there and you
very hard push to pull them apart;
but, I'm sure the chimps can,
I'm sure they,
they know exactly what's going on.
Sometimes words won't suffice.
Males perform displays dramatic
performances designed to establish
their dominance and intimidate rivals.
Fearless, Frodo sometimes
uses the human researchers
to enhance his displays.
Even Charlotte has fallen prey.
He'll give me a whack.
He'll just, just kind of add
a little flourish,
by incorporating me,
but it's not directed at me.
He, if he wants to hurt somebody,
he could have done it.
Females and their young are dominated
by this threat of force.
But when the fruit crop is ample,
everyone feasts.
A mother's care is the primary
influence on a young chimp's life.
Orphans find life hard.
Mel was orphaned
at the tender age of three.
Only the generosity of
others has allowed him to survive
for six more years.
Still, he seems to miss
the affection he
would have known within his mother's
arms something this little baby
seems to understand.
A temporary respite
from a life of loneliness.
Beyond the bond between mother
and child,
political relationships
are the life's blood of chimp society.
Even while relaxing,
chimps are jockeying for status.
Grooming is, quite literally,
currying favor.
Alliances become apparent
Dominant animals and
their allies get the best pickings.
Food is a precious commodity.
into a pulpy "wodge,"
something like a tobacco chaw,
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