Nosing behaviour in captive harbour seals (Phoca vitulina concolor) : implications for olfaction and affiliation

• Main Author: Hanlan, Suzanne K.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 1998
• Subjects: Nares; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/9266/; https://research.library.mun.ca/9266/1/Hanlan_SuzanneK.pdf

Nosing behaviour has been shown to be an important component of social behaviour in a variety mammals. Some forms of social nosing are thought to serve as affiliative behaviours which promote group cohesion or tolerance; the olfactory and tactual senses may play a role in mediating these affiliative...