The predation of army ants (Eciton rapax) was recorded during an observational study of the feeding behavior of a group of titi monkeys (Plecturocebus toppini) in an urban fragment of forest in Acre, Brazil. During one observed event, the group's adult female used its tail to retrieve ants, a type of behavior not observed previously in this genus. All incidents of on-forest floor foraging occurred during the dry season, when fruit was least abundant in the forest, while on other occasions, the ants were captured from tree branches and leaves. The observation of predation and ground-level foraging recorded in this study reinforce the adaptive capacity of P. toppini for survival in fragmented forests, and this was also the first record of the predation of army ants by this titi species.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10329-018-0677-4 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Assessing Mitigation Translocation as a Tool to Reduce Human-great Horned owl Conflicts.
Environ Manage
January 2025
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) is a generalist predator that inhabits wide-ranging territories that are relatively stable throughout the year. These owls are also involved in a variety of human-owl conflicts, including killing of domestic poultry, predating colonially nesting seabirds and shorebirds, and pose a hazard to safe aircraft operations. Managing these conflict situations presents unique challenges as great horned owls are nocturnally active and occupy a wide range of habitats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConfrontation experience against escaping bait improves pursuit strategy in mice.
J Exp Biol
January 2025
Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
Confrontations between predator and prey, driven by the innate survival instincts in both predator and prey, constitute the most significant form of competition in evolution. Yet, understanding how survival skills can benefit from such confrontations remains limited, despite its critical importance for animal survival. We have developed an interactive platform to investigate confrontations between a hungry mouse and an escaping bait.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpinal intracord injection damage during interlaminar cervical epidural steroid injection: a case report and review of the literature.
J Med Case Rep
November 2024
Department of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, 183 Xinqiao Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing, 400037, China.
Article Synopsis
- * The procedure was guided using fluoroscopy, but shortly after, she lost consciousness and became quadriplegic, leading to her transfer for treatment which included standard therapy and alternative methods like acupuncture.
- * Remarkably, despite the initial severity of her condition, she experienced significant neurological recovery over eight months, regaining normal strength in her limbs with only minor residual symptoms.
Ruxolitinib plus steroids for acute graft versus host disease: a multicenter, randomized, phase 3 trial.
Signal Transduct Target Ther
October 2024
State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Senior Department of Hematology, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Newly diagnosed patients with high-risk acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) often experience poor clinical outcomes and low complete remission rates. Ruxolitinib with corticosteroids showed promising efficacy in improving response and failure free survival in our phase I study. This study (ClinicalTrials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFForaging by predatory ants: A review.
Insect Sci
October 2024
Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
In this review, we show that predatory ants have a wide range of foraging behavior, something expected given their phylogenetic distance and the great variation in their colony size, life histories, and nesting habitats as well as prey diversity. Most ants are central-place foragers that detect prey using vision and olfaction. Ground-dwelling species can forage solitarily, the ancestral form, but generally recruit nestmates to retrieve large prey or a group of prey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!