Articles | Volume 1, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-1-23-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-1-23-2014
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28 Oct 2014
Short communication |  | 28 Oct 2014

Do wild titi monkeys show empathy?

A. Clyvia, M. C. Kaizer, R. V. Santos, R. J. Young, and C. Cäsar

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We report the first case of putative empathic response in titi monkeys (Callibebus). Pair bonds between males and females are typically strong, with substantial time spent grooming and tail twining. In an intriguing and unexpected observation we recorded an injured adult out-group male travelling with a neighbouring group. The group appeared to adapt travel patterns to allow him to accompany them, provided pro-social behaviour such as grooming and tolerated his presence at their sleeping site