Social learning in a non-social reptile (Geochelone carbonaria)
Social learning in a non-social reptile (Geochelone carbonaria)
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非社会性爬行动物的社会学习（Geochelone Carbonaria）
作者：
A. Wilkinson;Karin Kuenstner;Julia S. Mueller;L. Huber
从他人的行为中学习的能力是适应性的，因为它是获取新信息的捷径。然而，这种特征的进化起源仍不清楚。有证据表明群居哺乳动物、鸟类、鱼类和昆虫可以通过观察来学习，但这从未在爬行动物中进行过研究。在这里，我们展示了非社会性红脚陆龟（Geochelone Carbonaria）可以在绕道任务中从同种动物的行为中学习；非观察者动物（没有同种演示者）失败了。这一结果提供了第一个证据，证明非社会物种可以利用社会线索来解决它无法通过个体学习解决的任务，挑战了社会学习是对社会生活的适应的观点。
The ability to learn from the actions of another is adaptive, as it is a shortcut for acquiring new information. However, the evolutionary origins of this trait are still unclear. There is evidence that group-living mammals, birds, fishes and insects can learn through observation, but this has never been investigated in reptiles. Here, we show that the non-social red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria) can learn from the actions of a conspecific in a detour task; non-observer animals (without a conspecific demonstrator) failed. This result provides the first evidence that a non-social species can use social cues to solve a task that it cannot solve through individual learning, challenging the idea that social learning is an adaptation for social living.