Context: Ambivalent
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Behaviors engaged in when an individual has simultaneous tendencies to perform two incompatible activities, such as fight or flight.
Behaviors in this Context (15)
Adorn-Body
BirthConflict & ConfrontationForaging & Comfort TechniqueLone & Object PlaySocial Play
Body: Ears, Head, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Check-Temporin
AggressiveSocial PlaySubmissive
Body: Temporal Glands, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Check-Tusk
AggressiveAttentiveSocial Play
Body: Trunk, Tusks
Adult maleJuvenile Adolescent male
Displacement-Feeding
AggressiveConflict & ConfrontationCourtshipSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Displacement-Grooming
AggressiveConflict & ConfrontationCourtshipSocial PlayVigilance
3. Other soundsBody: Forefeet, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Ear-Spreading
AggressiveAttacking & MobbingAttentiveCalf Reassurance & ProtectionConflict & ConfrontationSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Ears
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Foot-Lifting
AttentiveMovement, Space & LeadershipSubmissiveVigilance
Body: Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Foot-Swinging
AttentiveConflict & ConfrontationMovement, Space & LeadershipVigilance
Body: Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
J-Trunk
Advertisement & AttractionAttacking & MobbingAttentiveConflict & ConfrontationVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Rumble
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeAggressiveAttacking & MobbingAttentiveAvoidanceBirthCalf Nourishment & WeaningCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSubmissiveVigilanceProtest & Distress
Body: Mouth
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Touch-Self
AffiliativeConflict & ConfrontationSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Trunk-Curled-Under
Attacking & MobbingSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Trunk-Flick-Down
Advertisement & AttractionAttentiveSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult male
Trunk-Sucking
AttentiveForaging & Comfort TechniqueLone & Object PlaySocial PlayVigilance
Body: Mouth, Trunk
Juvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalfInfant
Trunk-Twisting
Attentive
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more