Study on the behaviour of captive chimpanzees in zoo negara

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.