Agenda of Early Life Experience and Its Association with Sensitivity to Human Presence and Familiarity in Wild-Born Orphaned Captive Cheetahs
Alessandro Gallo,
Anne Schmidt-Küntzel,
Lea Petersen
et al.
Abstract:It has been argued that domestication explains the ability of domestic animals to use human cues, but similar abilities exist in wild animals repeatedly exposed to humans. Little is known on the importance of the developmental stage of this exposure for developing such abilities. Orphancy and subsequent hand-rearing constitute a quasi-experimental situation for investigating this question. Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are interesting as they present a two-step development, spending their first two months of lif… Show more
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