Social games that belugas ( Delphinapterus leucas ) play
Play is an important indicator of physical strength, cognitive functioning, and overall welfare for animals. Performed independently or cooperatively, play provides animals, including humans, opportunities to test and practice various physical abilities, social interactions, and object investigation...
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ftunivfreestate:oai:figshare.com:article/21753565 2023-05-15T15:41:45+02:00 Social games that belugas ( Delphinapterus leucas ) play Heather M. Manitzas Hill (14279713) Nicole Ortiz (14279716) Katie Kolodziej (14279719) Jackson R. Ham (14279722) 2022-12-19T21:00:02Z https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21753565.v1 unknown https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Social_games_that_belugas_i_Delphinapterus_leucas_i_play/21753565 doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.21753565.v1 CC BY 4.0 CC-BY Neuroscience Evolutionary Biology Ecology Sociology Science Policy Mental Health Infectious Diseases Beluga cooperation object play social play white whale Text Journal contribution 2022 ftunivfreestate https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21753565.v1 2022-12-23T00:29:35Z Play is an important indicator of physical strength, cognitive functioning, and overall welfare for animals. Performed independently or cooperatively, play provides animals, including humans, opportunities to test and practice various physical abilities, social interactions, and object investigations. One area that is often overlooked in animal play is the presence and nature of games. Sometimes considered the social glue of human cultures, games enable participants to practice different moves, cooperatively follow a shared set of rules, and have ‘fun.’ Using archived footage collected from a stable beluga population in managed care for nearly 15 years, we examined spontaneous, untrained social interactions (i.e. games played) between two or more belugas. Social games encompassed repeated, role exchanges that involved a set of rules developed and shared between the interactants. The belugas engaged in seven different games: locomotor-based games with and without contact, triadic play involving inanimate objects and water, and socio-sexual play. Although most social games involved immature animals, some games did occur with adults. This catalog and description of the variety of games played by belugas will enable us to understand the role social behavior has in behavioral development and individual animal welfare. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Beluga Beluga* Delphinapterus leucas White whale KovsieScholar Repository (University of the Free State - UFS UV) |
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Play is an important indicator of physical strength, cognitive functioning, and overall welfare for animals. Performed independently or cooperatively, play provides animals, including humans, opportunities to test and practice various physical abilities, social interactions, and object investigations. One area that is often overlooked in animal play is the presence and nature of games. Sometimes considered the social glue of human cultures, games enable participants to practice different moves, cooperatively follow a shared set of rules, and have ‘fun.’ Using archived footage collected from a stable beluga population in managed care for nearly 15 years, we examined spontaneous, untrained social interactions (i.e. games played) between two or more belugas. Social games encompassed repeated, role exchanges that involved a set of rules developed and shared between the interactants. The belugas engaged in seven different games: locomotor-based games with and without contact, triadic play involving inanimate objects and water, and socio-sexual play. Although most social games involved immature animals, some games did occur with adults. This catalog and description of the variety of games played by belugas will enable us to understand the role social behavior has in behavioral development and individual animal welfare. |
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Heather M. Manitzas Hill (14279713) Nicole Ortiz (14279716) Katie Kolodziej (14279719) Jackson R. Ham (14279722) |
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Heather M. Manitzas Hill (14279713) Nicole Ortiz (14279716) Katie Kolodziej (14279719) Jackson R. Ham (14279722) |
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Social games that belugas ( Delphinapterus leucas ) play |
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