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Overduin-de Vries AM, Spruijt BM, de Vries H, et al. Tactical deception to hide sexual behaviour: macaques use distance, not visibility. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 2015;69(8):1333-1342doi: 10.1007/s00265-015-1946-5.
Overduin-de Vries, A. M., Spruijt, B. M., de Vries, H., & Sterck, E. H. (2015). Tactical deception to hide sexual behaviour: macaques use distance, not visibility. Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 69(8), 1333-1342. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-015-1946-5
Overduin-de Vries, A M, et al. "Tactical deception to hide sexual behaviour: macaques use distance, not visibility." Behavioral ecology and sociobiology vol. 69,8 (2015): 1333-1342. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-015-1946-5
Overduin-de Vries AM, Spruijt BM, de Vries H, Sterck EH. Tactical deception to hide sexual behaviour: macaques use distance, not visibility. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 2015;69(8):1333-1342. doi: 10.1007/s00265-015-1946-5. Epub 2015 Jun 05. PMID: 26246655; PMCID: PMC4521099.
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Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 2015;69(8):1333-1342. doi: 10.1007/s00265-015-1946-5. Epub 2015 Jun 05.

Tactical deception to hide sexual behaviour: macaques use distance, not visibility.

Behavioral ecology and sociobiology

A M Overduin-de Vries, B M Spruijt, H de Vries, E H M Sterck

Affiliations

  1. Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands ; Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
  2. Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 26246655 PMCID: PMC4521099 DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-1946-5

Abstract

Although tactical deception (TD) may be employed to hide sexual behaviour, there is as yet no firm evidence for it. Hiding may be guided by cognitive mechanisms consistent with either no, low or high level TD, such as exploiting male peripheral positions (no TD), creating distance (TD level 1) or hiding behind screens (TD level 1.5 which involves visual perspective taking (VPT)). Macaques are capable of VPT in a food context, suggesting that they may employ TD level 1.5. We investigated, in an observational study with temporarily provided hiding screens, which strategy was used to hide sexual behaviour in captive groups of two macaque species (

Keywords: Cognition; Hiding; Macaque; Old world monkey; Sneaky mating; Tactical deception

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