by doriana_ » Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:02 pm
Do the nipples relevantly change shape when the animal: is of breeding age? Is in heat? Is pregnant? Has given birth? Has been suckled? This!
When she sees them, is she also in the wild? Yes Is she close to the animals? Close enough to see their nipples Is she using optics? Possibly Such as binculars? Possibly A telescope? Camera zoom lens? No to these Does she move around? do the animals move around? Yes to both Are they herd animals? Yes Solitary? Does she see more than one at a time? Yes does she see their young? Relevant? Irrel Does she have to tell the difference between animals that look very much alike? But have different nipples? Yes to both Animal behavior: movements? Diet? Migration? Survival? Irrel Weather relevant? Climate? climate change? Starvation? No to all
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Many of my co-workers do fieldwork with wild monkeys. To accurately record the monkeys' behaviour, they need to be able to identify individual monkeys in large groups of up to 180 animals. I recently asked one of my co-workers how they tell apart dozens of similar-looking animals, and the answer was: heads, tails, and nipples. Apparently, some female monkeys have very distinctly shaped nipples, depending on how many infants they have nursed and whether those infants had a preference for one of the nipples (i.e. one nipple might be much more "worn" than the other).
Nice group effort by Sundowner, GalFisk and Biograd!