Cyclical nursing patterns in wild orangutans
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Cyclical nursing patterns in wild orangutans
Nursing behavior is notoriously difficult to study in arboreal primates, particularly when offspring suckle inconspicuously in nests. Orangutans have the most prolonged nursing period of any mammal, with the cessation of suckling (weaning) estimated to occur at 6 to 8 years of age in the wild. Milk consumption is hypothesized to be relatively constant over this period, but direct evidence is li...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science Advances
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601517