Pectoral fin contact as a mechanism for social bonding among dolphins

Bottlenose dolphins are large-brained social mammals residing in a fission-fusion society with relationships that are established and maintained over decades. We examined a decade-long data set of inter-individual pectoral fin contact exchanges to better understand how dolphins share information via...

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Main Authors: Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Christine A. Ribic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2017-02-01
Series:Animal Behavior and Cognition
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Online Access:http://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=904