Field trip

My Psychology class and I went to Zoo Atlanta on October 21, 2009. We are assigned to do a research for a specific animal. My animal was the Orangutan. A question about the orangutan came up to my mind, the question is : "What will the orangutan do when they observe people?" That question later became the question for my Ethogram.

I did some research and found out some common behavior that the orangutan will do when a human approach them. Here are the list of behaviors.

1) Roll on the ground

2) Cross arms

3) Scratch head

4) Smile

5) Moan

6) Climb the tree

7) Cover themselves

8) Lay down

9) Groom themselves

10) Jump around

11) Hide

here's the ethogram

The ethogram answered my question, Orangutan likes to climb the tree and hide when they see humans. They also like to scratch their head, that shows that the orangutan are shy and confused.