Video_2_Free-Ranging Dogs Understand Human Intentions and Adjust Their Behavioral Responses Accordingly.MP4
Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are remarkably sensitive and responsive while interacting with humans. Pet dogs are known to have social skills and abilities to display situation-specific responses, but there is lack of information regarding free-ranging dogs which constitute majority of the...
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ftfrontimediafig:oai:figshare.com:article/7496849 2023-05-15T15:50:49+02:00 Video_2_Free-Ranging Dogs Understand Human Intentions and Adjust Their Behavioral Responses Accordingly.MP4 Debottam Bhattacharjee Shubhra Sau Anindita Bhadra 2018-12-21T04:12:52Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00232.s003 https://figshare.com/articles/Video_2_Free-Ranging_Dogs_Understand_Human_Intentions_and_Adjust_Their_Behavioral_Responses_Accordingly_MP4/7496849 unknown doi:10.3389/fevo.2018.00232.s003 https://figshare.com/articles/Video_2_Free-Ranging_Dogs_Understand_Human_Intentions_and_Adjust_Their_Behavioral_Responses_Accordingly_MP4/7496849 CC BY 4.0 CC-BY Evolutionary Biology Ecology Invasive Species Ecology Landscape Ecology Conservation and Biodiversity Behavioural Ecology Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) Ecological Physiology Freshwater Ecology Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Population Ecology Terrestrial Ecology free-ranging dogs human intentions communication behavioral plasticity dog-human relationship threat perception Dataset Media 2018 ftfrontimediafig https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00232.s003 2018-12-26T23:58:46Z Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are remarkably sensitive and responsive while interacting with humans. Pet dogs are known to have social skills and abilities to display situation-specific responses, but there is lack of information regarding free-ranging dogs which constitute majority of the world's dog population. Free-ranging dogs found in most of the developing countries interact constantly with familiar and unfamiliar humans receiving both positive and negative behavior. Thus, understanding human intentions and subsequent behavioral adjustments are crucial for dogs that share habitats with humans. Here we subjected free-ranging dogs to different human social communicative cues (friendly and threatening—low and high), followed by a food provisioning phase, and tested their responsiveness. Dogs exhibited higher proximity seeking behavior as a reaction to friendly gesture whereas, they were prompted to maintain distance depending on the impact of the threatening cues. Interestingly, only the high-impact threatening had a persistent effect which also remained during the subsequent food provisioning phase. An elevated approach in the food provisioning phase elicited the dependency of free-ranging dogs on humans for sustenance. Our findings suggest that free-ranging dogs demonstrate behavioral plasticity in interactions with humans; which provides significant insights into the establishment of the dog-human relationship on streets. Dataset Canis lupus Frontiers: Figshare |
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Evolutionary Biology Ecology Invasive Species Ecology Landscape Ecology Conservation and Biodiversity Behavioural Ecology Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) Ecological Physiology Freshwater Ecology Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Population Ecology Terrestrial Ecology free-ranging dogs human intentions communication behavioral plasticity dog-human relationship threat perception Debottam Bhattacharjee Shubhra Sau Anindita Bhadra Video_2_Free-Ranging Dogs Understand Human Intentions and Adjust Their Behavioral Responses Accordingly.MP4 |
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Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are remarkably sensitive and responsive while interacting with humans. Pet dogs are known to have social skills and abilities to display situation-specific responses, but there is lack of information regarding free-ranging dogs which constitute majority of the world's dog population. Free-ranging dogs found in most of the developing countries interact constantly with familiar and unfamiliar humans receiving both positive and negative behavior. Thus, understanding human intentions and subsequent behavioral adjustments are crucial for dogs that share habitats with humans. Here we subjected free-ranging dogs to different human social communicative cues (friendly and threatening—low and high), followed by a food provisioning phase, and tested their responsiveness. Dogs exhibited higher proximity seeking behavior as a reaction to friendly gesture whereas, they were prompted to maintain distance depending on the impact of the threatening cues. Interestingly, only the high-impact threatening had a persistent effect which also remained during the subsequent food provisioning phase. An elevated approach in the food provisioning phase elicited the dependency of free-ranging dogs on humans for sustenance. Our findings suggest that free-ranging dogs demonstrate behavioral plasticity in interactions with humans; which provides significant insights into the establishment of the dog-human relationship on streets. |
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