Nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics in free-ranging mammals: new records for odontocetes and a general review
Nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics has been documented in several free-ranging marine and terrestrial mammals but still remains undocumented and poorly understood for most species. This study describes observations of adults carrying dead calves and juveniles in 7 odontocetes (toothed cetac...
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ftbioone:10.1093/jmammal/gyw089 2024-06-02T08:12:48+00:00 Nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics in free-ranging mammals: new records for odontocetes and a general review Melissa A. L. Reggente Filipe Alves Cátia Nicolau Luís Freitas Daniele Cagnazzi Robin W. Baird Paolo Galli Melissa A. L. Reggente Filipe Alves Cátia Nicolau Luís Freitas Daniele Cagnazzi Robin W. Baird Paolo Galli world 2016-05-24 text/HTML https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw089 en eng American Society of Mammalogists doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyw089 All rights reserved. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw089 Text 2016 ftbioone https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw089 2024-05-07T00:55:29Z Nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics has been documented in several free-ranging marine and terrestrial mammals but still remains undocumented and poorly understood for most species. This study describes observations of adults carrying dead calves and juveniles in 7 odontocetes (toothed cetaceans) species and discusses the subject in mammals in general. Observations are based on 14 events from 3 oceans and constitute the 1st records for Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus), spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris), killer whales (Orcinus orca), Australian humpback dolphins (Sousa sahulensis), and sperm whales (Physetermacrocephalus), as well as presenting additional records for Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) and shortfinned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Information on how the adults supported and carried the dead conspecifics, on the gender of both adults and dead young, and on the age class of the dead young, is presented. Moreover, a comparison with terrestrial mammals, including a compilation of published literature, and a discussion on possible hypotheses to explain this particular type of behavior are given. The present study helps to corroborate that adults mourning their dead young is a common and globally widespread behavior in long-lived and highly sociable/cohesive species of mammals. Text Orca Orcinus orca BioOne Online Journals Pacific Journal of Mammalogy 97 5 1428 1434 |
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Nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics has been documented in several free-ranging marine and terrestrial mammals but still remains undocumented and poorly understood for most species. This study describes observations of adults carrying dead calves and juveniles in 7 odontocetes (toothed cetaceans) species and discusses the subject in mammals in general. Observations are based on 14 events from 3 oceans and constitute the 1st records for Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus), spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris), killer whales (Orcinus orca), Australian humpback dolphins (Sousa sahulensis), and sperm whales (Physetermacrocephalus), as well as presenting additional records for Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus) and shortfinned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Information on how the adults supported and carried the dead conspecifics, on the gender of both adults and dead young, and on the age class of the dead young, is presented. Moreover, a comparison with terrestrial mammals, including a compilation of published literature, and a discussion on possible hypotheses to explain this particular type of behavior are given. The present study helps to corroborate that adults mourning their dead young is a common and globally widespread behavior in long-lived and highly sociable/cohesive species of mammals. |
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Melissa A. L. Reggente Filipe Alves Cátia Nicolau Luís Freitas Daniele Cagnazzi Robin W. Baird Paolo Galli |
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Nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics in free-ranging mammals: new records for odontocetes and a general review |
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Nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics in free-ranging mammals: new records for odontocetes and a general review |
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Nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics in free-ranging mammals: new records for odontocetes and a general review |
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Nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics in free-ranging mammals: new records for odontocetes and a general review |
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Nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics in free-ranging mammals: new records for odontocetes and a general review |
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nurturant behavior toward dead conspecifics in free-ranging mammals: new records for odontocetes and a general review |
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