RECONCILIATION, CONSOLATION, AND REDIRECTION IN JAPANESE MACAQUES (MACACA-FUSCATA)

We studied the occurrence of social interactions after agonistic confl icts in captive Japanese macaques. We collected data on one group duri ng the mating and the non-mating season and on another group during th e mating season only. We compared the social interactions of the victi m soon after a conflict with the social interactions of the same indiv idual during control periods, using two different methods. The results obtained with the two methods were very consistent. We found clear ev idence for the occurrence of reconciliation and redirection. However, there was no evidence for consolation even when we considered only aff iliation between the victim and its own kin or between the victim and the aggressor's kin. Separate analyses for the two groups and the two seasons yielded very similar results.