a. What are some aspects of the social behavior of ring-tailed lemurs?
b. What percentage of Madagascar’s known mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian species are exclusively found on the island?
c. What was special about the lemur named “Sapphire”? (
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/lemur/
)
a. What do marmosets and tamarins eat?
b. What characterizes marmoset social groups?
c. What other animals are found in the same area as the marmosets? (
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/gremlins/
)
a. What are some of the primates found in East Africa?
b. What characterizes each group.
c. Listen to the sample vocalizations for each group. (
http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/primates.html
)
a. Watch the “Play Video”. How would you describe this behavior?
b. What is the chimpanzee habitat like?
c. How do chimpanzees communicate with each other?
d. Who is Jane Goodall? (
http://www.janegoodall.org/
)
a. What is the Mountain Gorilla Project?
b. What questions was it trying to address?
c. Where is the Mountain Gorilla Reserve?
d. How many gorillas survive today?
e. What factors threaten the survival of gorillas?
f. What techniques have been used to map the area? (
http://www.informatics.org/gorilla/
)
a. Where are orangutans found in the wild?
b. How many orangutans are left in the wild? What threatens their survival?
c. Do orangutans use tools? (
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/orangutans/
)
a. What kinds of primates are kept at Yerkes?
b. What are examples of the research that is done at Yerkes?
c. Look at the Press Releases section. What are two recent findings to come out of Yerkes? (
http://www.emory.edu/WHSC/YERKES/
)
