The drivers and functions of rock juggling in otters.

extractive foraging otters play rock juggling

Journal

Royal Society open science
ISSN: 2054-5703
Titre abrégé: R Soc Open Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101647528

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
May 2020
Historique:
received: 24 01 2020
accepted: 08 04 2020
entrez: 16 6 2020
pubmed: 17 6 2020
medline: 17 6 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Object play refers to the seemingly non-functional manipulation of inanimate items when in a relaxed state. In juveniles, object play may help develop skills to aid survival. However, why adults show object play remains poorly understood. We studied potential drivers and functions of the well-known object play behaviour of rock juggling in Asian small-clawed (

Identifiants

pubmed: 32537219
doi: 10.1098/rsos.200141
pii: rsos200141
pmc: PMC7277247
doi:

Banques de données

figshare
['10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4958750']
Dryad
['10.5061/dryad.rn8pk0p64']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

200141

Informations de copyright

© 2020 The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Mari-Lisa Allison (ML)

Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK.

Rebecca Reed (R)

Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK.

Emile Michels (E)

Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK.

Neeltje J Boogert (NJ)

Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK.

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