Use: General
Authors: D. Schildkraut, Boston MetroParks Zoos
Methods: Frequency Recording
Publications/Presentations: N/A
Behaviors
Staring: Watching or looking at something.
Groom/body part
Slide on floor: Usually occurs when cage floor is wet.
Object manipulation in quiet play: Playing with objects while in a stationary position.
Object slapping: Beating or slapping on an object with hands or feet, and the object.
Bluff charges: Incomplete charges.
Charges with hitting: Usually hits the front glass or the side walls.
Sitting
Climbing
Running
Sleeping
Eating
R & R: Regurgitation and reingestion.
Coprophagy: Eating feces.
Chest beating
Facial threat
Threat vocalization
Threat stance