Essays about: "meerkat"

Found 3 essays containing the word meerkat.

1. 1. The effect of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of meerkats, banded mongooses and dwarf mongooses in human care.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Alejandro Berrio Pozo; [2020]
   Keywords : Meerkat; banded mongoose; dwarf mongoose; enrichment; foraging;

   Abstract : Animals in captivity can be deprived of performing some of their natural behaviours. Using enrichments may allow them to express a larger part of species-specific behaviour repertoire and with a better frequency distribution. This study focuses on three species of the family Herpestidae which live in captivity at Bioparc Valencia (Spain). READ MORE

3. 2. Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) are able to detect hidden food using olfactory cues

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

   Author : Ida Sörensen; [2018]
   Keywords : Buried food test; food odour; foraging; meerkat; olfaction; Suricata suricatta;

   Abstract : Meerkats are known to strongly rely on chemical communication in social contexts. However, little is known about their use of the sense of smell in food detection and selection. READ MORE

4. 3. Food preferences in captive meerkats (Suricata suricatta)

   University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Cecilia Salomonsson; [2011]
   Keywords : Food preference; preference test; nutritional content; observational learning;

   Abstract : By using a three-choice preference test I tested food preferences in eight meerkats (Sutricata suricatta) for nine different food items. The meerkats were presented with all possible combinations of 9 food items, in total 84 combinations. READ MORE