Social object play between captive bottlenose and Risso's dolphins

Many animal species engage in social object play with movable objects. Two bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and one Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) owned by the Kujukushima Aquarium, Japan, occasionally shared and played with an object. Herein, we report social object play between two...

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Published in:PloS one 2018-05, Vol.13 (5), p.e0196658-e0196658
Main Authors: Ikeda, Hisako, Komaba, Masayuki, Komaba, Kumiko, Matsuya, Ayaka, Kawakubo, Akihiro, Nakahara, Fumio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Altruism
Analysis
Animal behavior
Animal play behavior
Animal species
Aquariums
Aquatic mammals
Biology and Life Sciences
Cetacea
Common bottlenose dolphin
Cooperation
Delphinapterus leucas
Dolphins
Dolphins & porpoises
Earth Sciences
Handbooks
Marine mammals
Medicine and Health Sciences
Monkeys & apes
Researchers
Risso's dolphin
Social aspects
Social Sciences
Steno bredanensis
Toys
Tursiops truncatus
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Summary:Many animal species engage in social object play with movable objects. Two bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and one Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) owned by the Kujukushima Aquarium, Japan, occasionally shared and played with an object. Herein, we report social object play between two dolphins exchanging a ball in water. Just before delivery of the ball, one dolphin made an action to request the ball from the dolphin that possessed the ball. This request behavior is also discussed in this report. This study is the first to report two different cetacean species engaging in social object play with one object.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0196658