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Giraffes go for more: a quantity discrimination study in giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Publication record · Animal Cognition, 2020

DOI: 10.1007/s10071-020-01442-8

Research by

Álvaro L. Caicoya, Montserrat Colell, Ruben Holland, Conrad Ensenyat, Federica Amici

Compares visible food-quantity choices under manipulated piece size and spatial density, separating task-specific success from broad claims about numerical ability.

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Study facts

Method
Repeated two-tray food-choice experiments with Bayesian multilevel models and individual chance comparisons.
Location
Barcelona Zoo, Spain, and Leipzig Zoo, Germany.
Species
Giraffa camelopardalis, as reported by the authors.
Sample
Five giraffes: two males and three females aged 1–21 years; 36, 32 and 24 experimental trials per animal across three tasks.
Period
Calendar testing dates are not reported in the accessed author-manuscript Methods.

Full citation

Álvaro L. Caicoya, Montserrat Colell, Ruben Holland, Conrad Ensenyat, Federica Amici (2020). Giraffes go for more: a quantity discrimination study in giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis). Animal Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-020-01442-8

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