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Jordi Sabater Pi (2 August 1922 – 5 August 2009) was a Spanish-Catalan primatologist and worldwide specialist in
Special Collection: Jordi Sabater Pi
(University of Barcelona Library)
"Dr. Sabater Pi: Dibuix naturalista"
Resource Centre for Learning and Research (CRAI), University of Barcelona. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabater Pi, Jordi 1922 births 2009 deaths Biologists from Catalonia Primatologists 20th-century Spanish zoologists
Jordi Sabater Pi (2 August 1922 – 5 August 2009) was a Spanish-Catalan primatologist and worldwide specialist in ethology
Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait. Behaviourism as a term also describes the scientific and objecti ...
, the study of animal behavior. Sabater was known for describing the cultural behaviors of several species, including the use of tools by chimpanzees. During the 1960s, he purchased Snowflake
A snowflake is a single ice crystal that has achieved a sufficient size, and may have amalgamated with others, which falls through the Earth's atmosphere as snow.Knight, C.; Knight, N. (1973). Snow crystals. Scientific American, vol. 228, no. ...
, a very rare albino
Albinism is the congenital absence of melanin in an animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, scales and skin and pink or blue eyes. Individuals with the condition are referred to as albino.
Varied use and interpretation of the term ...
gorilla
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, and transported him to Barcelona Zoo, where he lived until his death in 2003.
Sabater Pi was born in Barcelona
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, Catalonia
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, Spain
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. He was professor of ethology at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Barcelona
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and pioneered the study of animal behaviour and primatology in Spain. His line of work has been continued inside and outside the University of Barcelona by several of his disciples, such as Joaquim J. Veà Baró, Matthew Escobar Aliaga, and Montserrat Colell Mimó.
As a sign of his commitment to chimpanzees, and prompted by the finding of their proximity (both genetically and behavioural) with humans, and the threats hanging over their habitats, Sabater Pi once said that the decline in population and, in the case of some subspecies, their near extinction, was comparable to genocide among human beings. Since the initial years of the 21st century, Sabater Pi has took sides in favour of the protection and conservation of primates, supporting projects such as the Proyecto Gran Simio in Spain or Fundación Mona in Girona.
A nature enthusiast, Jordi Sabater Pi was very passionate about his work. One of his pleasures was going out on expeditions to draw; he was known for producing numerous paintings which focused on animals and nature.
See also
*Nonhuman Rights Project
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* Jane Goodall
Dame Jane Morris Goodall (; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Seen as the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best kn ...
* USC Jane Goodall Research Center
* Washoe (chimpanzee)
Washoe (c. September 1965 – October 30, 2007) was a female common chimpanzee who was the first non-human to learn to communicate using American Sign Language (ASL) as part of an animal research experiment on animal language acquisition.
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* Joaquim Veà Baró
References
*''Etología de la vivienda humana: de los nidos de gorilas y chimpancés a la vivienda humana''. Labor, 1985. . *''El chimpancé y los orígenes de la cultura''. Barcelona. Anthropos. 1992 (3rd. edition). . *''Gorilas y chimpancés del África Occidental''. México. Fondo de Cultura Económica. 1993 (2nd. edition). *''Okorobikó. A biography of Jordi Sabater Pi'' from Joan Tort and Pere Tobaruela, Editorial La Magrana / National Geographic (1st edition, December 2003) *''El traç de la natura''. Jordi Sabater Pi y Xavier Duran. Edicions 62, Barcelona, 2001. . *Clark Desmond J.; Veá i Baró, J. J.; Serrallonga Alset, J.; Turbón Borrega, D. (2003), ''Primates: origin, evolution and behaviour: homage to Jordi Sabater Pi'', Edicions Del Parc Científic de Barcelona. .External links
Special Collection: Jordi Sabater Pi
(University of Barcelona Library)
"Dr. Sabater Pi: Dibuix naturalista"
Resource Centre for Learning and Research (CRAI), University of Barcelona. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabater Pi, Jordi 1922 births 2009 deaths Biologists from Catalonia Primatologists 20th-century Spanish zoologists