Abstract:
The studies of the bahaviour of captive chimpanzees are very important to understand
and monitor the level of stress of the great apes under artificial environment. The
behaviour of common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) consist of 2 adults was studied
in captive environment in Zoo Negara, Selangor. Data were collected using scan
sampling technique (Videan and Fritz., 2006; Rajeni, 2000) during period of 0740
until 1540 at 5-minute interval for 28 days on selected activities such as roaming,
resting, aggression, feeding, grooming, sitting, climbing, and drinking. Overall result
indicate that the chimpanzees spend 42.5% of their time sitting, 17.5% roaming,
13.7% resting, 10.2% feeding, 8.2% climbing, 3.5% drinking, 2.6% showing
aggression, and 1.8% grooming.