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Do chimpanzees enjoy a virtual forest? A pilot investigation of the use of interactive art as a form of environmental enrichment for zoo-housed chimpanzees
American Journal of Primatology ( IF 2.0 ) Pub Date : 2021-11-11 , DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23343
Yumi Yamanashi 1, 2 , Kazuki Hitoosa 3 , Nobuaki Yoshida 4 , Fumihiro Kano 2, 5 , Yuko Ikkatai 6, 7 , Hidefusa Sakamoto 1
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Environmental enrichment is essential for the well-being of zoo animals. Recent advances in sensor and video technologies may contribute to improvements in enrichment in terms of their flexibilities and time constraints. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether interactive movie art can be used as a form of environmental enrichment. We implemented interactive movies designed by a professional artist, a visual art aiming to reflect naturalistic forest habitat, in an indoor chimpanzee enclosure at Kyoto City Zoo in Japan. Motion-tracking sensors embedded in buoys were installed at several locations around the indoor enclosure; the chimpanzees could change the movie contents by physically interacting with these objects. We recorded behaviors by observing entire troop of chimpanzees (six) between March 16 and 20, 2020 (control condition), then recorded behaviors when the interactive movie was presented (experimental condition) between March 21 and 29, 2020. Behaviors were recorded via direct observations and video recordings to examine any changes after the installation of interactive art. The chimpanzees spent more time in the indoor enclosures during the experimental condition than during the control condition. Activity budgets did not change substantially during the study period. There was no evidence of habituation to the movie during the study period. Three chimpanzees, including two young chimpanzees, interacted with the movie more frequently than the others; these young chimpanzees occasionally showed playful expressions when interacting with the movie and exhibited different reactivities to the movie scenes. These results demonstrate, first, that the interactive art did not negatively affect chimpanzee behavior, and second, that some of the chimpanzees indeed showed positive responses to the art. This study, therefore, introduces a novel possibility for environmental enrichment in zoos, involving a collaboration between science and art.

中文翻译:

黑猩猩喜欢虚拟森林吗?使用互动艺术作为动物园饲养的黑猩猩环境丰富形式的试点调查

环境丰容对于动物园动物的福祉至关重要。传感器和视频技术的最新进展可能有助于改善其灵活性和时间限制方面的丰富性。本研究的目的是调查互动电影艺术是否可以用作环境美化的一种形式。我们在日本京都市动物园的室内黑猩猩围栏中实施了由专业艺术家设计的互动电影,这是一种旨在反映自然森林栖息地的视觉艺术。嵌入浮标中的运动跟踪传感器安装在室内外壳周围的几个位置;黑猩猩可以通过与这些物体进行物理交互来改变电影内容。我们通过观察 2020 年 3 月 16 日至 20 日期间的整个黑猩猩群(六只)记录了行为(对照条件),然后在 2020 年 3 月 21 日至 29 日期间(实验条件)展示互动电影时记录行为。通过直接观察和录像记录行为,以检查安装互动艺术后的任何变化。与对照条件相比,黑猩猩在实验条件下在室内围栏中度过的时间更多。在研究期间,活动预算没有发生重大变化。在研究期间,没有证据表明对电影产生了习惯。三只黑猩猩,包括两只年幼的黑猩猩,与电影的互动比其他人更频繁;这些年幼的黑猩猩在与电影互动时偶尔会露出俏皮的表情,并对电影场景表现出不同的反应。这些结果表明,首先,互动艺术并没有对黑猩猩的行为产生负面影响,其次,一些黑猩猩确实对艺术表现出积极的反应。因此,这项研究介绍了动物园环境丰富的新可能性,涉及科学与艺术之间的合作。
更新日期:2021-11-11
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