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Behavioural variability among captive African elephants in the use of the trunk while feeding
adaptation
feeding
inter-individual difference
Loxodonta africana
strategy
The Proboscideans, an order of mammals including elephants, are the largest of the Earth lands animals. One probable consequence of the rapid increase of their body size is the development of the trunk, a multitask highly sensitive organ used in a large repertoire of behaviours. The absence of bones in the trunk allows a substantial degree of freedom for movement in all directions, and this ability could underlie individual-level strategies. We hypothesised a stronger behavioural variability in simple tasks, and a correlation between the employed behaviours and the shape and size of the food. The observations of a captive group of African elephants allowed us to create a complete catalogue of trunk movements in feeding activities. We noted manipulative strategies and impact of food item properties on the performed behaviours. The results show that a given item is manipulated with a small panel of behaviours, and some behaviours are specific to a single shape of items. The study of the five main feeding behaviours emphasises a significant variability between the elephants. Each individual differed from every other individual in the proportion of at least one behaviour, and every behaviour was performed in different proportions by the elephants. Our findings suggest that during their lives elephants develop individual strategies adapted to the manipulated items, which increases their feeding efficiency.
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dc.abstract.en | The Proboscideans, an order of mammals including elephants, are the largest of the Earth lands animals. One probable consequence of the rapid increase of their body size is the development of the trunk, a multitask highly sensitive organ used in a large repertoire of behaviours. The absence of bones in the trunk allows a substantial degree of freedom for movement in all directions, and this ability could underlie individual-level strategies. We hypothesised a stronger behavioural variability in simple tasks, and a correlation between the employed behaviours and the shape and size of the food. The observations of a captive group of African elephants allowed us to create a complete catalogue of trunk movements in feeding activities. We noted manipulative strategies and impact of food item properties on the performed behaviours. The results show that a given item is manipulated with a small panel of behaviours, and some behaviours are specific to a single shape of items. The study of the five main feeding behaviours emphasises a significant variability between the elephants. Each individual differed from every other individual in the proportion of at least one behaviour, and every behaviour was performed in different proportions by the elephants. Our findings suggest that during their lives elephants develop individual strategies adapted to the manipulated items, which increases their feeding efficiency. | pl |
dc.affiliation | Wydział Biologii : Instytut Nauk o Środowisku | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Lefeuvre, Maëlle - 423871 | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Gouat, Patrick | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Mulot, Baptiste | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Cornette, Raphaël | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Pouydebat, Emmanuelle | pl |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-02T15:24:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-02T15:24:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | pl |
dc.date.openaccess | 0 | |
dc.description.accesstime | w momencie opublikowania | |
dc.description.version | ostateczna wersja wydawcy | |
dc.description.volume | 8 | pl |
dc.identifier.articleid | e9678 | pl |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.7717/peerj.9678 | pl |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2167-8359 | pl |
dc.identifier.project | ROD UJ / OP | pl |
dc.identifier.uri | https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/252442 | |
dc.language | eng | pl |
dc.language.container | eng | pl |
dc.rights | Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa | * |
dc.rights.licence | CC-BY | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl | * |
dc.share.type | otwarte czasopismo | |
dc.subject.en | adaptation | pl |
dc.subject.en | feeding | pl |
dc.subject.en | inter-individual difference | pl |
dc.subject.en | Loxodonta africana | pl |
dc.subject.en | strategy | pl |
dc.subtype | Article | pl |
dc.title | Behavioural variability among captive African elephants in the use of the trunk while feeding | pl |
dc.title.journal | PeerJ | pl |
dc.type | JournalArticle | pl |
dspace.entity.type | Publication |
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