GG Rubbing Interactions Involving Chimpanzee Chako at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo, November 2024

Event-level descriptions of all observed GG rubbing interactions for a focal female chimpanzee. The dataset covers 18 days in November 2024 at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo and includes details on outcomes, partner identity, and behavioral context. Author Takumasa Yokoyama compiled this data, which is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between solicitation behaviors and interaction outcomes based on described solicitation data.
• Study the correlation between female swelling status and GG rubbing initiation or duration based on the included swelling status variable.
• Examine behavioral contexts preceding and following GG rubbing events based on the described pre- and post-interaction context fields.
• Investigate individual partner preferences in GG rubbing interactions based on the recorded partner identity information.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 18-day observation period from 6 to 23 November 2024.
• Includes multiple behavioral dimensions such as outcomes, solicitation, contact types, and context.
• Dataset is linked to supplementary video files, allowing for behavioral validation.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 11.8 KB, indicating limited scope and number of recorded events.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Takumasa Yokoyama

Collection Method

Direct observation and video recording of a focal individual at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo.

Time Range

6 to 23 November 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 05:56:28; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sapporo Maruyama Zoo, Japan