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The Relationship Of Life Stage To Daily Social Patterns Of Captive African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana) And The Correlation Of Handler Perceptions Of Elephant Personality To Demonstrated Social Behaviors, Alison Jeffrey
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Elephants typically have very strong social bonds, and social interactions can include affiliative, agonistic, or ambiguous behaviors. The social interactions and dominance hierarchy between individuals of a herd depend upon many factors, including maternal lineage, age, and sex. This study was designed to determine how social behaviors among a herd of captive African elephants varied throughout the day and to establish if the frequency of social interactions and age class were correlated. The study also aimed to determine if handler perceptions of elephant personality were an accurate predictor of the type and frequency of social behaviors observed, in addition to …