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Findings from R. Mazur and co-researchers advance knowledge in animal science

Published in Mental Health Business Week, May 3rd, 2008

"To date, research on social learning has been limited mainly to only a few taxa in captive or seminatural settings. We undertook a quantitative study of social learning in free-ranging black bears at Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks, U. S. A. from 1995 to 2006," scientists in the United States report.

"We tested the hypothesis that food-conditioned foraging behaviour (foraging on human food in developed areas) by some bears is transmitted vertically from sows to cubs. Food conditioning in young bears was strongly related to their rearing conditions. Nine wild sows reared 20 cubs in the wild, with 18 (90%) of the cubs remaining wild by the end of their second year....

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Source: Mental Health Business Week (2008-05-03)

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