Chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest : Ecology, Behaviour, and Conservation

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134 Social behaviour and relationships


Table 6.4: Chimpanzee calls and the emotions or feelings with which
they are mostly associated (from Goodall 1986: 127).
Emotion or Feeling Call
Fear (of strangeness) Wraaa
Puzzlement Huu
Annoyance Soft bark (cough)
Social apprehension Pant-grunt
Pant-bark
Pant-scream
Social fear Squeak
Victim scream
Scream
Anger Bark
Waa-bark
Rage Tantrum scream
Crying
Distress Whimper
Hoo
SOS scream
Sexual excitement Copulation scream (squeal)
Copulation pant
Laugh
Body-contact enjoyment Pant
Lip smack
Tooth clack
Food grunt
Food aaa call
Food enjoyment Pant-hoot (miscellaneous)
Bark
Scream
Social excitement Roar pant-hoot
Arrival pant-hoot
Inquring pant-hoot
Sociability feelings Soft grunt
Extended grunt
Spontaneous pant-hoot
Nest grunt
Call appears to be linked with one emotion only
Call (as presently described) linked with two emotions
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