Hypothesized individual baboon behavioral response to human approaches and the threat level these responses are considered equivalent to.
Observer considered: | Equivalent to predator | Equivalent to social threat | Minimal threat | No threat | No. of observations (percentage of total observations) |
Response predictor | |||||
Alarm bark | Y | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |
Flight direct to refuge (rocks, trees, or cliff) | Y | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |
Rapid flight/sprinting response | Y | Y | – | – | 0 (0%) |
Displacement with geck/ grimace | – | Y | – | – | 16 (0.97%) |
Animal passively displaces | – | Y | Y | – | 1637 (98.85%) |
Flinch/startled before flight* | –/* | –/* | –/* | –/* | 3 (0.18%) |
Animal is not displaced | – | –/* | – | Y | 0 (0%) |
Animal is not displaced and threatens observer | – | – | – | Y | 0 (0%) |
*Flinch or startled suggests that the focal animal detected observer within its usual tolerance level.