Risky Business: The Function of Play in a Venomous Mammal—The Javan Slow Loris (<i>Nycticebus javanicus</i>)

Risky Business: The Function of Play in a Venomous Mammal—The Javan Slow Loris (<i>Nycticebus javanicus</i>)

Immature mammals require opportunities to develop skills that will affect their competitive abilities and reproductive success as adults. One way these benefits may be achieved is through play behavior. While skills in developing use of tusks, antlers, and other weapons mammals have been linked to p...

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Main Authors: Meg Barrett, Marco Campera, Thais Q. Morcatty, Ariana V. Weldon, Katherine Hedger, Keely Q. Maynard, Muhammad Ali Imron, K. A. I. Nekaris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
social learning
positional behavior
development
animal weaponry
immature
function
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/13/5/318

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