Context: Advertisement & Attraction

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Behaviors employed by adult males and adult females in the advertisement of sexual state and the attraction of, and search for, mates.

Behaviors in this Context (60)

Bonding-Rumble

AffiliativeCoalition BuildingCourtship
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Head, Mouth, Trunk
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleCalf

Casual-Stance

Attentive
Body: Trunk, Tusks
Adult femaleAdult male

Chin-In

Body: Head
Musth male only

Ear-Brush

Affiliative
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Ears
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Ear-Folding

AffiliativeAggressiveAttacking & MobbingBirthCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationSubmissive
Body: Ears
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more

Ear-Slap

AggressiveAvoidanceCoalition BuildingMovement, Space & Leadership
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Ears
Adult female

Ear-Wave

Aggressive
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Ears
Musth male only

Ears-Stiff

AffiliativeAttentiveBirthCalf Nourishment & WeaningConflict & ConfrontationSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Ears
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Estrous-Roar

1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Mouth
Estrous female only

Estrous-Rumble

1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Head, Mouth, Trunk
Estrous female only

Estrous-Running-Rumble

Courtship
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Mouth, Trunk
Estrous female only

Exaggerated-Splash-with-Foot

2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Forefeet
Musth male only

Female-Chorus-Rumble

Courtship
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Head, Mouth, Trunk
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female

Flehmen

Body: Mouth, Trunk
Adult maleJuvenile Adolescent male

Foot-Scuffing

AggressiveAttacking & MobbingConflict & ConfrontationSocial Play
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Forefeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male

Grasp-Tail

AffiliativeCalf Nourishment & WeaningCalf Reassurance & ProtectionSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more

Head-High

AggressiveSubmissive
Body: Head
Musth male only

Head-Raising

AffiliativeCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationCourtship
Body: Head
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalf+1 more

Head-Toss

Foraging & Comfort Technique
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Ears, Head, Trunk, Tusks
Musth male only

J-Trunk

AmbivalentAttacking & MobbingAttentiveConflict & ConfrontationVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male

Marking

Mating-Pandemonium-Calling

Courtship
Body: Mouth
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female

Musth-Rumble

AggressiveCourtship
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Mouth, Trunk
Musth male only

Musth-Temporal-Gland-Secretion

Body: Temporal Glands
Musth male only

Musth-Temporal-Gland-Swelling

Body: Temporal Glands
Musth male only

Musth-Trunk-Wrinkle

AggressiveCourtship
Body: Trunk
Musth male only

Nasal-Throb

AffiliativeCourtship
Body: Head, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult male

Open-Mouth

AffiliativeAggressiveBirthCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingSubmissiveProtest & Distress
Body: Mouth
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Open-Mouth-to-Open-Mouth

AffiliativeCoalition BuildingSocial Play
Body: Head, Mouth, Trunk, Tusks
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female

Penis-Erection

Calf Nourishment & WeaningCourtshipMaintenanceSocial Play
Body: Genitals
Adult maleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalfInfant

Periscope-Trunk

AttentiveCalf Nourishment & WeaningCoalition BuildingSocial PlaySubmissiveVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Place

Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male

Purposeful-Walk

AggressiveAttacking & MobbingCoalition BuildingMovement, Space & Leadership
Body: Body
Adult femaleEstrous female onlyAdult maleMusth male only

Rapid-Ear-Flapping

AffiliativeBirthCoalition BuildingCourtship
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Ears
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female

Roar-Rumble

Calf Nourishment & WeaningProtest & Distress
Body: Mouth
CalfInfant

Rubbing

Foraging & Comfort Technique
Body: Body, Temporal Glands
Adult femaleAdult maleMusth male onlyJuvenile Adolescent female+1 more

Rumble

AffiliativeAggressiveAmbivalentAttacking & MobbingAttentiveAvoidanceBirthCalf Nourishment & WeaningCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSubmissiveVigilanceProtest & Distress
Body: Mouth
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Rump-Present

CourtshipSocial PlaySubmissive
Body: Body
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleCalf

Run-Toward

AffiliativeCoalition Building
3. Other soundsBody: Body
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalf+1 more

Sniff-Dung

Attentive
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Sniff-Ground

Attentive
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Sniff-Urine

Attentive
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Social-Trumpet

AffiliativeBirthCoalition BuildingCourtshipProtest & Distress
1b. Trunk callsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male

Tail-Swatting

Calf Nourishment & WeaningCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCourtshipForaging & Comfort TechniqueMovement, Space & LeadershipNovel & IdiosyncraticSocial PlaySubmissive
3. Other soundsBody: Tail
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Temporin

AffiliativeCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationCourtshipSocial Play
Body: Temporal Glands
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleCalf

Trumpet

AffiliativeAttacking & MobbingBirthCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationLone & Object PlaySocial PlayProtest & Distress
1b. Trunk callsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more

Trunk-Bounce-Drag

AggressiveAttacking & Mobbing
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Body, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleMusth male only

Trunk-Curl

Body: Trunk
Musth male only

Trunk-Dragging

AggressiveAttacking & Mobbing
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult male

Trunk-Flick-Down

AmbivalentAttentiveSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult male

Trunk-Suction

Foraging & Comfort Technique
1d. Imitated and Idiosyncratic sounds, 2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male

Trunk-Toward

AttentiveBirthCalf Reassurance & ProtectionConflict & ConfrontationSubmissiveVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Trunk-to-Genitals

AffiliativeBirthCalf Nourishment & WeaningCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCourtshipSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Trunk-to-Genitals-Suck

3. Other soundsBody: Trunk
Adult male

Trunk-to-Mouth

AffiliativeBirthCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleCalf

Tusk-Ground

AggressiveForaging & Comfort TechniqueSocial Play
Body: Tusks
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more

Urinating

AffiliativeBirthCoalition BuildingMaintenance
3. Other soundsBody: Genitals
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Urine-Dribbling

Body: Genitals
Musth male only

Walk-Away

Calf Nourishment & WeaningCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Body, Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more

Walk-Toward

AffiliativeCalf Nourishment & WeaningCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSocial PlayProtest & Distress
Body: Body, Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more