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College
students
observe
monkey
business
at zoo
udents from the Col-
ilogy 212 traveled to
ington Park Zoo last
yto participate in an
el Research Program
ihpri mates (monkeys).
ts, headed by instruc-
y Weber, received a
hi" course on animal
land action patterns.
Educational Research
intat the zoo, financed
department of Health,
and Welfare, provides
(unity for undergradu-
tollect data in a zoo
search documents the
behavior of the animals
line their psychological
lotion patterns such as
avior, grooming, eating
in and vocalization are
data recorded.
mortunities to apply
fledge learned has been
for the studies are so
research still lies with-
jescriptive stages, ac-
p officials at the pri-
«corded, such as rock
ace or a tendency to-
Idestruction, are ob-
¡ative behavior habits,
fed zoo environment
«of the primates are
pid exaggerated.
lost obvious conclusions
navior studies of pri-
Incerns space. Monkeys
are curious, exploring animals
that, in a natural setting, range
great distances foraging for food.
Gibbons and baboons, for
example, travel 10 to 20 miles a
day, while even the more passive
champanzies travel five miles
each day. The small, confined,
empty, cubicals alloted to the
primates contrast immensely
from their previous homes.
Unfortunately, the zoo man
agement has no plans to create a
more suitable primate habitat.
The administrators at Washing
ton Park Zoo which control the
money flow are against any
major changes, according to pri
mate officials.
College biology students Nels
Peterson and Maria Stayer (far
left) compare notes on a recent
field trip to the primate center of
the Washington Park Zoo where
they observed behavior of chimps,
orangutans and baboons. Above,
Ginny Weber, Biology 212 in
structor, discusses behavior with
Donna Schwartz and Joe Intile.
Photos and
Ted McKenna
centimeters
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