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Social Play In Coyotes, Wolves, And Dogs, Marc Bekoff
Social Play In Coyotes, Wolves, And Dogs, Marc Bekoff
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Social Play And Play-Soliciting By Infant Canids, Marc Bekoff
Social Play And Play-Soliciting By Infant Canids, Marc Bekoff
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The development of social interaction was studied in infant coyotes, beagles, and wolves. In this paper, social play behavior is discussed. Social play may be characterized in a number of ways: (i) actions from various contexts are incorporated into labile (unpredictable) temporal sequences; (ii) the "play bout" is typically preceded by a metacommunicative signal which indicates "what follows is play"; these signals are also observed during the bout; (iii) certain actions may be repeated and performed in an exaggerated manner; (iv) the activity appears "pleasurable" to the players.
By comparing these three species, some insight into the dynamics of social …