Domestic goats, Capra hircus, follow gaze direction and use social cues in an object choice task

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The social cognitive skills of domestic goats in tasks of gaze following to outside locations that they cannot directly see and object choice is discussed. Results showed that goats used communicative cues like touching and pointing and not gaze by itself for communication.

Germany, Sheep and goats, Goat Farming, Goats, Psychological aspects, Analysis, Cognition in animals, Animal cognition

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Segregation is not only a matter of sex in Alpine ibex, Capra ibex ibex

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Research into spatial, social and habitat segregation between age and sex classes among two Alpine ibex populations is presented. It was found that social and spatial segregation between the sexes was much greater than habitat segregation in both populations.

Sexual behavior

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Influence of the kid on space use and habitat selection of female Alpine Ibex

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The home-range sizes and habitat selection in mammalian females is affected by parturition and weaning as studied in Alpine ibex females. The smaller home ranges are characteristic of lactating and weaning females due to their antipredator behavior.

Italy, Evaluation, Behavior, Habitat selection, Homes and haunts

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