Reinhardt Viktor, Houser Dan, Eisele Stephen, Cowley Douglas, Vertein Russell
Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Am J Primatol. 1988;14(2):135-140. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350140204.
An attempt was made to socialize unrelated and unfamiliar adult rhesus monkey females that had lived in single cages for more than one year. Partners first were given the opportunity for noncontact familiarization in partitioned double cages. They were then transferred into an ordinary double cage. Clear-cut rank relationships were evident within the first 90 minutes of pair formation in 94% (17/18) of dyads tested. Only 28% (5/18) of pairs resorted to fighting (in no case with infliction of serious injury), while 50% (9/18) engaged in social grooming or hugging during this initial phase of pair formation. Eighty-three percent (15/18) of pairs were compatible, with none of the partners showing signs of depression and none inflicting serious injury on the other. Seventeen percent (3/18) of pairs were incompatible (two cases of depression, one serious tail injury) and were separated. It was concluded that the barren environment of singly caged rhesus monkey females can be enriched with little risk by carefully making them compatible companions.
研究人员尝试让那些在单笼中生活了一年多的、彼此不相关且不熟悉的成年恒河猴雌性进行社交。首先让配对的猴子在分隔的双笼中进行非接触式熟悉。然后将它们转移到普通双笼中。在94%（17/18）接受测试的二元组中，在配对形成的最初90分钟内就明显出现了明确的等级关系。只有28%（5/18）的配对会发生打斗（无一例造成重伤），而在配对形成的初始阶段，50%（9/18）的配对会进行社交性梳理毛发或拥抱。83%（15/18）的配对相处融洽，双方都没有表现出抑郁迹象，也没有一方对另一方造成重伤。17%（3/18）的配对相处不融洽（两例出现抑郁，一例尾巴严重受伤），随后被分开。研究得出结论，通过谨慎地让单笼饲养的恒河猴雌性成为相容的同伴，可以在风险较小的情况下丰富它们贫瘠的环境。
