Question
In the 1960s and 1970s, many infant primates in zoos were taken from their mothers
and hand raised by humans out of fear that the infant primates would not get proper
care by their primate mothers. This led to a generation of zoo primates that were
hand-raised by humans. Due to this, this generation of primates
did not know how to find food for themselves within the zoo exhibit
exhibited aggressive and anti-social behaviors
exhibited unusually high-stress responses within social settings (epigenetic
changes within the DNA)
did not know how to be mothers (i.e. they did not know how to raise their
young)
were highly successful mothers to their young, leading to this being practiced
still in zoos today
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Answer
What is the main consequence of hand-raising infant primates in zoos?
The main consequence is that the hand-raised primates exhibited aggressive and anti-social behaviors, had high-stress responses within social settings, and did not know how to find food or raise their young properly.