Animal Welfare: Could Adult Play be a False Friend?

Animal Welfare: Could Adult Play be a False Friend?

There is no consensus regarding the functions of play. As play behavior is a characteristic of young stages of development, it has been suggested that the higher prevalence of adult play observed in domestic animals could be the result of their “neotenic retardation.” Functional hypotheses have deal...

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Main Authors: Catherine Blois-Heulin, Céline Rochais, Sandrine Camus, Carole Fureix, Alban Lemasson, Christophe Lunel, Erwan Bézard, Martine Hausberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2015-05-01
Series:Animal Behavior and Cognition
Subjects:
Stereotypies
Life condition
Stress
Captivity
Horses
Rhesus macaques
Long-tailed macaques
Mangabeys
Campbell’s monkeys
Online Access:http://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/6/04.Blois-Heulin_etal_FINAL.pdf

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