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Reference Base  Discrimination learning and extinction in the black rhino... |
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Discrimination learning and extinction in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) |
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MacCain, G.; Stepter, G. |
| Year published: |
1968 |
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Psychonomic Science |
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13 (3) |
| Pages: |
189-190, figs. 1-3 |
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Captive - North America
Captivity
Black Rhino
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| Dallas zoo - Diceros bicornis . These rhinos have a large, common enclosure and individual pens. Since the experiments were carried out in the individual pens, only these will he described. The pens were 21 x 16 ft. with a door of heavy bars between the pen and common enclosure. There were th... |
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Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| The first problem was to determine a proper reinforcer. Carrots, peppermint candy, sugar cubes, cabbage leaves, and white bread were tried; all were eaten readily and with apparent relish. White bread was found to be very suitable and one-half slice, per trial, was sufficient to sustain perform... |
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Ecology - Food
Black Rhino
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| The first problem was to determine a proper reinforcer. Carrots, peppermint candy, sugar cubes, cabbage leaves, and white bread were tried; all were eaten readily and with apparent relish. White bread was found to be very suitable and one-half slice, per trial, was sufficient to sustain perform... |
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Black Rhino
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| Use of captive rhino for behaviour experiments
One result of these studies has been to indicate the possibility of working with large non-laboratory animals in a zoo setting. The working conditions present problems, but they are not insurmountable.
The change in performance together with the e... |
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Behaviour - Memory
Black Rhino
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| Experiments of discrimination learning in captive rhino
There are numerous animals which have not been subjected to any systematic or even to any sketchy experimental behavioral research. Such is the case with rhinoceroses. Information available is based on scattered field observations, descri... |
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Black Rhino
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| A seven-year-old black rhinoceros from the Ft. Worth Zoo was the only S [subject] used for the preliminary work. |
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Black Rhino
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| The Ss in Experiments 1-3 were a male and a female black rhinoceros in the Dallas Zoo. The female is estimated to be nine years old and the male three years old. |
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