Context: Attentive
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Behaviors employed to attend to the actions of other elephants or to non-threatening incidents in the environment, or the contemplation of such actions or incidents.
Behaviors in this Context (32)
Casual-Stance
Advertisement & Attraction
Body: Trunk, Tusks
Adult femaleAdult male
Check-Tusk
AggressiveAmbivalentSocial Play
Body: Trunk, Tusks
Adult maleJuvenile Adolescent male
Circus-Pose
AggressiveNovel & IdiosyncraticSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Ear-Spreading
AggressiveAmbivalentAttacking & MobbingCalf Reassurance & ProtectionConflict & ConfrontationSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Ears
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Ears-Stiff
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeBirthCalf Nourishment & WeaningConflict & ConfrontationSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Ears
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Exaggerated-Walk
Conflict & Confrontation
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Explore-Touch-Foot
Lone & Object Play
Body: Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Explore-Touch-Mouth
Lone & Object Play
Body: Mouth, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Explore-Touch-Trunk
Lone & Object Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Eye-Blinking
Calf Nourishment & WeaningVigilance
Body: Eyes
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Eyes-Wide
AffiliativeBirthSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Eyes
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Foot-Lifting
AmbivalentMovement, Space & LeadershipSubmissiveVigilance
Body: Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Foot-Swinging
AmbivalentConflict & ConfrontationMovement, Space & LeadershipVigilance
Body: Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Head-Shaking
AffiliativeAggressiveCalf Reassurance & ProtectionConflict & ConfrontationLone & Object PlaySocial PlaySubmissiveProtest & Distress
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Head
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female
Head-Waggling
Lone & Object PlaySocial Play
Body: Ears, Head
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Horizontal-Trunk
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
J-Trunk
Advertisement & AttractionAmbivalentAttacking & MobbingConflict & ConfrontationVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Legs-Crossed
MaintenanceMovement, Space & Leadership
Body: Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Look-At
AggressiveConflict & ConfrontationVigilance
Body: Eyes
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Look-Back
AggressiveAvoidanceCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingMovement, Space & LeadershipSubmissiveVigilance
Body: Ears, Eyes, Head
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Nose-Picking
Foraging & Comfort Technique
Body: Trunk, Tusks
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Periscope-Trunk
Advertisement & AttractionCalf Nourishment & WeaningCoalition BuildingSocial PlaySubmissiveVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Rumble
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeAggressiveAmbivalentAttacking & MobbingAvoidanceBirthCalf Nourishment & WeaningCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSubmissiveVigilanceProtest & Distress
Body: Mouth
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Sniff-Dung
Advertisement & Attraction
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Sniff-Ground
Advertisement & Attraction
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Sniff-Urine
Advertisement & Attraction
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Test-Substrate
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult male
Trunk-Flick-Down
Advertisement & AttractionAmbivalentSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult male
Trunk-Sucking
AmbivalentForaging & Comfort TechniqueLone & Object PlaySocial PlayVigilance
Body: Mouth, Trunk
Juvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalfInfant
Trunk-Toward
Advertisement & AttractionBirthCalf Reassurance & ProtectionConflict & ConfrontationSubmissiveVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Trunk-Tuck
Movement, Space & Leadership
Body: Trunk, Tusks
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Trunk-Twisting
Ambivalent
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more