Table 3.
Activity budget as % of total time (sample mean; SD; SEM) of lion cubs (n = 12) used in three wildlife tourism interaction facilities
| Behaviour | Sample mean (% of total time) | SD (% of total time) | SEM (% of total time) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inactive | 62.14 | 19.75 | 1.71 |
| Sleeping | 38.20 | 18.71 | 1.61 |
| Resting | 23.94 | 12.12 | 1.04 |
| Play | 13.35 | 11.22 | 0.97 |
| Self-play | 6.19 | 7.408 | 0.552 |
| Conspecific play | 5.54 | 6.417 | 0.552 |
| Human play | 1.62 | 3.049 | 0.262 |
| Attentive | 13.12 | 8.41 | 0.73 |
| Alert | 12.17 | 7.81 | 0.67 |
| Investigatory | 0.36 | 1.027 | 0.088 |
| Excitement | 0.59 | 2.344 | 0.202 |
| Locomotion | 6.21 | 4.346 | 0.377 |
| Flight | 0.24 | 0.551 | 0.047 |
| Movement | 5.97 | 4.091 | 0.352 |
| Grooming | 1.42 | 1.831 | 0.159 |
| Autogrooming | 1.06 | 1.690 | 0.145 |
| Allogrooming | 0.28 | 0.704 | 0.061 |
| Human grooming | 0.08 | 0.401 | 0.034 |
| Abnormal | 0.82 | 3.460 | 0.300 |
| Stereotypy | 0.55 | 3.329 | 0.286 |
| Non-nutritive sucking | 0.22 | 0.828 | 0.071 |
| Shaking and trembling | 0.04 | 0.488 | 0.042 |
| Fence-biting | 0.01 | 0.141 | 0.012 |
| Aggression | 0.41 | 0.872 | 0.076 |
| Conspecific aggression | 0.26 | 0.660 | 0.057 |
| Human aggression | 0.15 | 0.524 | 0.045 |
| Miscellaneous | 2.52 | 5.085 | 0.441 |
| Mock mating | 0.00 | 0.017 | 0.002 |
| Flehmen | 0.02 | 0.207 | 0.018 |
| Elimination | 0.13 | 0.301 | 0.026 |
| Ingestion* | 2.37 | 4.966 | 0.427 |
*
Ingestion not a true representation as may have occurred outside the recording periods