Context: Aggressive
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Behaviors employed to intimidate, threaten or attack other elephants.
Behaviors in this Context (48)
Advance-Toward
Attacking & Mobbing
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Aggressive-Whoosh
1b. Trunk callsBody: Trunk
Musth male only
Bow-Neck
Attacking & MobbingConflict & ConfrontationSocial Play
Body: Head
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Bush-Bashing
Attacking & MobbingSocial Play
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Check-Temporin
AmbivalentSocial PlaySubmissive
Body: Temporal Glands, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Check-Tusk
AmbivalentAttentiveSocial Play
Body: Trunk, Tusks
Adult maleJuvenile Adolescent male
Chin-Out
Social PlaySubmissive
Body: Head
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Circus-Pose
AttentiveNovel & IdiosyncraticSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Displacement-Feeding
AmbivalentConflict & ConfrontationCourtshipSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Displacement-Grooming
AmbivalentConflict & ConfrontationCourtshipSocial PlayVigilance
3. Other soundsBody: Forefeet, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Ear-Folding
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeAttacking & MobbingBirthCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationSubmissive
Body: Ears
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Ear-Slap
Advertisement & AttractionAvoidanceCoalition BuildingMovement, Space & Leadership
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Ears
Adult female
Ear-Spreading
AmbivalentAttacking & MobbingAttentiveCalf Reassurance & ProtectionConflict & ConfrontationSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Ears
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Ear-Wave
Advertisement & Attraction
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Ears
Musth male only
Foot-Scuffing
Advertisement & AttractionAttacking & MobbingConflict & ConfrontationSocial Play
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Forefeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Forward-Trunk-Swing
Attacking & MobbingConflict & ConfrontationSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Head-High
Advertisement & AttractionSubmissive
Body: Head
Musth male only
Head-Shaking
AffiliativeAttentiveCalf Reassurance & ProtectionConflict & ConfrontationLone & Object PlaySocial PlaySubmissiveProtest & Distress
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Head
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female
Head-Swipe
Calf Nourishment & Weaning
Body: Head
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Kick-Dust
Attacking & MobbingConflict & ConfrontationSocial Play
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Forefeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Lean
AffiliativeSocial Play
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Look-At
AttentiveConflict & ConfrontationVigilance
Body: Eyes
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Look-Back
AttentiveAvoidanceCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingMovement, Space & LeadershipSubmissiveVigilance
Body: Ears, Eyes, Head
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Lunge
Social Play
Body: Trunk
Adult maleJuvenile Adolescent male
Musth-Rumble
Advertisement & AttractionCourtship
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Mouth, Trunk
Musth male only
Musth-Trunk-Wrinkle
Advertisement & AttractionCourtship
Body: Trunk
Musth male only
Open-Mouth
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeBirthCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingSubmissiveProtest & Distress
Body: Mouth
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Orient-Toward
AffiliativeCalf Reassurance & ProtectionConflict & Confrontation
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Prolonged-Pursuit
Attacking & Mobbing
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult male
Purposeful-Walk
Advertisement & AttractionAttacking & MobbingCoalition BuildingMovement, Space & Leadership
Body: Body
Adult femaleEstrous female onlyAdult maleMusth male only
Pushing
Calf Reassurance & ProtectionCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSocial Play
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Ramming
Social Play
Body: Body
Adult male
Reaching-High
Attacking & MobbingCoalition Building
Body: Body, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Rest-Head
AffiliativeCourtshipSocial Play
Body: Head
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Rumble
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeAmbivalentAttacking & MobbingAttentiveAvoidanceBirthCalf Nourishment & WeaningCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSubmissiveVigilanceProtest & Distress
Body: Mouth
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Run-After
Calf Reassurance & ProtectionCourtshipSocial Play
3. Other soundsBody: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Sashay
AffiliativeAttacking & MobbingConflict & ConfrontationSocial Play
3. Other soundsBody: Body
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female
Slap
Social Play
3. Other soundsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Supplant
Submissive
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Threat-Rumble
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Head, Mouth, Trunk
Adult female
Throw-Debris
Attacking & MobbingConflict & ConfrontationLone & Object PlaySocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Trumpet-Blast
Attacking & MobbingCalf Reassurance & ProtectionSocial Play
1b. Trunk callsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Trunk-Bounce-Drag
Advertisement & AttractionAttacking & Mobbing
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Body, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleMusth male only
Trunk-Dragging
Advertisement & AttractionAttacking & Mobbing
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult male
Trunk-Push-Down
Social Play
Body: Body, Head, Trunk
Adult maleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalf
Tusk-Clank
AffiliativeCoalition BuildingSocial Play
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Head, Tusks
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Tusk-Ground
Advertisement & AttractionForaging & Comfort TechniqueSocial Play
Body: Tusks
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Tusking
Calf Nourishment & WeaningSocial Play
Body: Body, Tusks
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more