Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) reassure others in distress
Contact directed by uninvolved bystanders toward others in distress, often termed consolation, is uncommon in the animal kingdom, thus far only demonstrated in the great apes, canines, and corvids. Whereas the typical agonistic context of such contact is relatively rare within natural elephant famil...
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PeerJ Inc.
2014-02-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/278.pdf |