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(01-10-2024, 10:04 PM)TheHyenid76 Wrote: Some previous studies have described hunting and consuming other mammals that are recognized as food as prey image in the Pan genus (Boesch & Boesch 1989; Ihobe 1992). Boesch & Boesch (1989) suggested that chimpanzees at Taï Forest, Côte d‘Ivoire, have a specialized prey image in which monkeys, mostly colobus, are recognized as food, citing an observation that a juvenile male chimpanzee accidentally caught a blue duiker and handled with it as a toy, not as food. Therefore, these differences of prey profile between and within bonobo populations may likely be affected by prey image per respective population. Environmental conditions also contribute to the prey profile across bonobo populations (Wrangham 1975; Sakamaki et al. 2016), which suggests the necessity of studying predator–prey interactions at the specified population level.
Chimpanzees' prey image includes monkeys for food and duikers for fun. Bonobos’ prey choices vary by environment, underlining the importance of region-specific studies.