Results - Meerkats
Behavioral responses
Across all 20 observations days with the four different odor stimuli combined the meerkats interacted in total 2850 times with the odorized wooden logs. Ten out of twelve behaviors described in the ethogram were recorded.
Comparison between the four odor stimuli
The meerkats displayed no significant difference between the blood odor component
and the horse blood, but a significantly higher number of interactions toward logs with horse bloodand the blood odor component compared to the solvent and fruity odor.
Variability across sessions
Figure: The number of interactions from the meerkats for all four odor stimuli combined across the five sessions
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