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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Language: | English |
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Animal Behavior and Cognition
2017-02-01
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Series: | Animal Behavior and Cognition |
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Online Access: | http://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=904 |