General / Off-Topic Expression of the face of a Black Macaque from Indonesia

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
This smile ... human

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Ian Skippy

Ian Skippy
Patrick_68000 said:
This smile ... human

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Do take note you dont know what the expression signifies. This one is, I guess, much closer to submission (mixed with some anxiety) than joy.

Facial expression, body postures, and gestures are all forms of non-vocal communication among rhesus macaques and are important in interactions between individuals at short distances (Partan 2002). One facial expression that is seen throughout macaque species and is one of the most common expressions in rhesus macaques is the "silent bared teeth" face (Maestripieri 1999). Among rhesus macaques this is seen between individuals of differing rank with the lower-ranking or submissive animal performing the "silent bared teeth" face to the dominant animal (Flack et al. 2000).
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Ian Skippy

Ian Skippy
AJW said:
Not a 'smile'. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/it-seems-that-in-almost-a/
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Macaques actually have a more peaceful non-smile, but in general thats true. We've had the Bokito incident here were some woman went to the zoo, walked up to the glass enclosure of a gorilla and locked eyes while smiling. She did this day after day. She thought she got his attention because he enjoyed it. He did not. He showed that eventually, and it wasn't pretty.
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
On the website where I saw the photo, they say that the macaque of Indonesia is much more sociable than the silvered and golden macaques which are more dangerous and aggressive. They speak well of smiling, not of submission. In the protected parks in Indonesia, black macaques are very accustomed and very sociable with the human. No submission relationship. But I am not a connoisseur to judge of true and false

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