Table 1 Mean amount and standard deviation (SD) of food pieces obtained by subject and conspecific in mutual and solo orientation trials and when reorienting vs. not reorienting the seesaw. The apparatus was baited with one piece of banana in the non-divisible reward condition and five peanuts in the divisible reward condition.

From: Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) strategically manipulate their environment to deny conspecifics access to food

Reward

Initial orientation

Reorienting

Subject

Conspecific

Divisible

Mutual

No

0.25 (SD = 0.44)

0.75 (SD = 0.44)

1 Banana

Solo

No

0.93 (SD = 0.26)

0.01 (SD = 0.10)

Mutual

Yes

0.97 (SD = 0.18)

0 (SD = 0)

Solo

Yes

0.55 (SD = 0.52)

0.45 (SD = 0.52)

Non-divisible

Mutual

No

1.83 (SD = 1.28)

2.38 (SD = 1.4)

5 Peanuts

Solo

No

3.54 (SD = 1.19)

0 (SD = 0)

Mutual

Yes

3.73 (SD = 1.05)

0.1 (SD = 0.54)

Solo

Yes

2.17 (SD = 1.34)

1.75 (SD = 1.36)