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SUBMITTER: Ikeda H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5965824 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ikeda Hisako H Komaba Masayuki M Komaba Kumiko K Matsuya Ayaka A Kawakubo Akihiro A Nakahara Fumio F
PloS one 20180523 5
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 t ...[more]