First Data Collection at the CMZ!

Data collection began about a month ago at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo with one of their tigers! I've attached a few videos below; the first is a clip from his first session, a familiarization trial where the top of the MAB is removed to allow him to reach inside and retrieve the food. Familiarization trials are just to accustom animals to the box and let them confirm that there is indeed food inside that can be accessed! Unfortunately, this tiger did not get the food on this trial (he couldn't reach the food), so on later trials we elevated the food with a cardboard box (video clip 2), and then also tried turning the MAB on it's side. He did get the food with these methods, so we progressed to Phase 1 of testing, where all four solutions are available for use (video clip 3). So far (with 8 trials conduced), he has not managed to utilize any solution. At 10 trials, we'll halt data collection for him. This is valuable data, despite it being less exciting to watch a tiger not solve a puzzle. With only one tiger it's hard to say so far if this is representative of all tigers, or just this tiger, so we'll just have to wait and see! Next up is probably a leopard, so I'm excited to see how this animal does!