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?imwidth=450"Female monkeys are reluctant to follow the example of males even when they would obviously benefit from doing so, new research has found.
A study by St Andrews University established that even when males demonstrate superior methods of obtaining food, females would rather mimic each others techniques because of an innate distrust of the opposite sex.
The behaviour, which the researchers said echoes some human traits, is rooted in the tendency of male vervet monkeys to roam between groups.
This leads females to believe that males have poor local knowledge because they move around so much.
By contrast, male monkeys are happy to learn from whichever sex appears to be the more effective in a given situation.."
Won't comment on the study - I know my place in the world
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/08/31/female-monkeys-dont-trust-males-even-obviously-right/
Throck
(2,520 posts)sl8
(13,787 posts)Interesting, thanks for the post.
Link to report (pdf):
Https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(18)30777-2
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)See what I did there?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I wonder why that is?
packman
(16,296 posts)I think (but I'm only a male) that males are more adventurous than females, more inquisitive, more willing to take chances even if it leads to failure or - it seems like more so in my case - disasters. Pass the beer, Fred and let me try out this new drill on that there electrical socket.
Females prefer the safe approach, the tried and true, not willing to jeopardize the home or social group - if it works, leave it alone.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Kind of like the monkey version of "Here, hold my beer!"
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)moondust
(19,993 posts)Ask Jane. She discusses their behavior some in this Al Jazeera interview from June. (I wish she would appear on U.S. media sometimes so more kids could learn from her.)
http://rootsandshoots.org/
Me.
(35,454 posts)In many different groups?
treestar
(82,383 posts)in the past, that the researchers don't know about.