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"Cooperation and Conflict 

 in Lion Societies" 



Anne Pusey 



Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology 

 and Behavioral Biology, University of Minnesota 

 Saturday, April 26, 2:00pm 

 James Simpson Theatre 



Using the diverse environments of Africa's 

 Serengeti National Park and the nearby Ngoron- 

 goro Crater, Anne Pusey and Craig Packer are 

 studying how lions, the "superpowers" of the ani- 

 mal kingdom, have evolved strategies for getting 

 along with one another. 



Tanzania's Serengeti Plain stretches over 

 10,000 square miles of temperate highlands, just 

 south of the equator. Vast herds of wildebeest, 

 gazelle, zebra, and eland migrate annually across 

 this plain. All are prey for one of the largest 

 remaining lion populations in the world — more 

 than one hundred lions in an area of about 100 

 square miles. Drs. Pusey and Packer have spent 

 six months of each of the past seven years observ- 

 ing the ecology and behavior of these fascinating 

 creatures. 



Lions are the only social members of the cat 

 family and exhibit a wide range of cooperative be- 

 haviors. Lions' basic social unit is the pride — a 

 permanent social group consisting of 2 to 18 adult 

 females and their offspring and 1 to 7 resident 

 males. Prides occupy the same area for genera- 

 tions. The issues studied by Anne Pusey and Craig 

 Packer concern conflict both between and within 

 the sexes. How do the males in a pride cooperate 

 and compete with each other in their quest for 

 females? Why do some males remain solitary, 

 while others find lifetime male companions? 

 What makes groups of males voluntarily abandon 

 a pride and move on to a neighboring pride? 



Join us for this richly illustrated slide lecture, 

 as Dr. Pusey explains how the "trade-offs" 

 balancing mutual benefit and individual gain 

 have molded lion societies in east Africa. 



Anne Pusey together with Dr. Craig Packer 

 has, during the last seven years, joined a series of 

 scientists who are studying lions in the Serengeti. 

 This research has been continuous for almost 

 twenty years. Dr. Pusey received her M. A. from 

 Oxford University and her Ph.D. from Stanford 

 University. She was research assistant under Jane 

 Goodall at Gombe National Park in Tanzania, 

 studying mother-infant relationships in chimpan- 



zees, and spent three additional years at Gombe 

 studying the adolescent members of this species. 

 In 1978 she was appointed research scientist at 

 the Serengeti Research Institute, also in Tanzania. 

 Since that time the focus of her research has been 

 an ongoing field study of lions in the Serengeti. 



Tickets: $6.00 (Members: $4.00) 



Fees are nonrefundable. Please use coupon to 

 order tickets. Seating is general admission. 

 Theatre doors open one hour prior to this lecture. 

 Public Programs Information (312)322-8854. 



Family Feature 



Out of the Night of Darkness: The Maui Legends 



Saturdays, April 12 and 19 

 2:00pm 



Some say Maui was born at the edge of the sea, 

 some say he was born fully grown. Some say he 

 can change into many different shapes. Join us at 

 the Maori meeting house for a dramatization of 

 some of the many Maori legends about the clever 

 and amazing Maui. 



Monthly Family Features are free with 

 Museum admission and tickets are not required. 



Te Maori 



Film Program 



"Tahere Tiki Tiki, the Making of a Maori Canoe" (30 m. 



April 26 and 27 



1:30pm 



Explore the superb craftsmanship that goes into 

 the design and production of these seaworthy 

 vessels. This film is free with Museum admission 

 and tickets are not required. 



Edward E. Aver Film Series 



Thursdays in April 

 James Simpson Theatre 

 1:30pm 



April — A selection of films by Japanese 



Filmmaker Akiro Kurosawa 

 3 Seven Samurai 141m. 



10 Throne of Blood 105m. 



17 Dersu Uzala 137m. 



24 Kagemusha 159m. 



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