Contagious Yawning in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana): Responses to Other Elephants and Familiar Humans
While spontaneous yawning is common across all vertebrate classes, contagious yawning is less common and has been observed only in a few species of social animals. Interspecific contagious yawning in response to yawning by humans has been observed only by chimpanzees and dogs. After confirming addit...
| Published in: | Frontiers in Veterinary Science |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-05-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2020.00252/full |