Michael- Devoid of trees? Could you clarify what specific species you are referring to? Marmosets, specifically Callithrix/Cebuella, live in forests in Brazil, among other places, where they'd surely have access to termites and trees (thus twigs). Perhaps there are desert species? (Primatology isn't my area but I do remember that much.
Also, I checked, because I don't think my memory infallible: "Common marmosets are endemic to Brazil. They range in the northeastern and central forests from the Atlantic coast and inland as far west as the Rio Grande and are found in the states of Alagoas, Pernambuco, Paríba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, and Piauí. Common marmosets have been introduced to areas outside of their natural geographic range in Brazil and can be found living within the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, Argentina (Rylands et al. 1993). [ ] Despite these challenges, extensive studies on the behavior and ecology of wild common marmosets have been carried out at sites in Brazil: João Pessoa, Paraíba, Nísia Floresta, near Natal, and Tapcurá, Pernambuco (Rylands & de Faria 1993; Digby 1995; Albuquerque et al. 2001)." Excerpted from http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/ (Primate Info Net) Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 4/20/2008 12:07 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: Re:[tips] Pigeon and a Red Block ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Esterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:09 AM Subject: Re:[tips] Pigeon and a Red Block On 19 April 2009 Michael Sylvester wrote: >Just as I said before: if one looks for something long enough >it will happen. This, presumably, is a reference to Michael's twice-told previous comment that this has been said about Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees. (When on the first occasion I asked for a reference for where this had been said in relation to Goodall, answer came there none, but that's another issue.) So, Michael, do you believe that if ethologists look long enough for evidence that, say, marmoset monkeys break off small branches from trees, strip them of their leaves, and poke them into termite nests so that termites run up them and can be eaten, they will find it? Allen Esterson The problem with some of the ethologists is that they anthropormorphize(sp).They usually work alone and the camera person may select the variables to record.To what extent there can generalization across situations still remain an issue. I do not expect marmosets to do the same in a desert environment void of twigs. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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