Context: Calf Reassurance & Protection
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Behaviors employed to defend, protect, help, guide, comfort or console calves, or in calf solicitation of such actions.
Behaviors in this Context (52)
Alarmed-Trumpet
Conflict & Confrontation
1b. Trunk callsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Allo-Trunk-Sucking
AffiliativeNovel & Idiosyncratic
Body: Mouth, Trunk
Juvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalfInfant
Back-Toward
AffiliativeBirthCoalition BuildingSocial PlaySubmissive
Body: Body
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female
Baroo-Rumble
Protest & Distress
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Head, Mouth, Trunk
Juvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalfInfant
Call-Calf-Rumble
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Mouth, Trunk
Adult female
Carry
Foraging & Comfort Technique
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Comfort-Suckling
Body: Forefeet, Mouth, Trunk
Juvenile Adolescent femaleCalfInfant
Coo-Rumble
BirthCalf Nourishment & Weaning
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Head, Mouth, Trunk
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleCalf
Digging
Foraging & Comfort Technique
3. Other soundsBody: Forefeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Ear-Lifting
AffiliativeBirth
Body: Ears
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleCalf
Ear-Spreading
AggressiveAmbivalentAttacking & MobbingAttentiveConflict & ConfrontationSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Ears
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Follow
AffiliativeCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSocial Play
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Foot-Nudge
Birth
Body: Forefeet
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female
Grasp-Tail
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeCalf Nourishment & WeaningSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Grasp-Trunk
AffiliativeCalf Nourishment & WeaningMovement, Space & LeadershipSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Grumble-Rumble
Calf Nourishment & WeaningSubmissiveProtest & Distress
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Mouth, Trunk
Juvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalf
Head-Shaking
AffiliativeAggressiveAttentiveConflict & ConfrontationLone & Object PlaySocial PlaySubmissiveProtest & Distress
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Head
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female
Husky-Cry
BirthCalf Nourishment & WeaningProtest & Distress
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Mouth
Infant
Kick-Back
Calf Nourishment & WeaningCourtshipLone & Object PlayMovement, Space & LeadershipSocial Play
Body: Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Lifting
AffiliativeBirth
Body: Head, Trunk, Tusks
Adult female
Look-Back
AggressiveAttentiveAvoidanceCoalition BuildingMovement, Space & LeadershipSubmissiveVigilance
Body: Ears, Eyes, Head
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Mounting
BirthCourtshipSocial Play
Body: Body
Adult maleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalfInfant
Open-Mouth
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeAggressiveBirthCoalition BuildingSubmissiveProtest & Distress
Body: Mouth
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Orient-Toward
AffiliativeAggressiveConflict & Confrontation
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Pulling
Birth
Body: Trunk
Adult female
Pushing
AggressiveCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSocial Play
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Retrieve
Body: Body
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleCalf
Rev
Affiliative
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Mouth
Adult female
Roar
BirthCalf Nourishment & WeaningSubmissiveProtest & Distress
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Mouth
CalfInfant
Rumble
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeAggressiveAmbivalentAttacking & MobbingAttentiveAvoidanceBirthCalf Nourishment & WeaningCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSubmissiveVigilanceProtest & Distress
Body: Mouth
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Rumble-Roar
Calf Nourishment & WeaningProtest & Distress
Body: Mouth
CalfInfant
Rumble-Roar-Rumble
AffiliativeCalf Nourishment & WeaningMovement, Space & Leadership
Body: Mouth
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleCalfInfant
Run-After
AggressiveCourtshipSocial Play
3. Other soundsBody: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Scrape-Ground
BirthConflict & ConfrontationDeathForaging & Comfort TechniqueSocial Play
3. Other soundsBody: Forefeet
Adult female
Separated-Rumble
Protest & Distress
1a. Laryngeal callsBody: Ears, Mouth, Trunk
Juvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalfInfant
Sheltering
Birth
Body: Body
Infant
Snort-Trumpet
AffiliativeCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationCourtship
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female
Tail-Raising
AffiliativeAvoidanceCoalition BuildingSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Tail
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Tail-Swatting
Advertisement & AttractionCalf Nourishment & WeaningCourtshipForaging & Comfort TechniqueMovement, Space & LeadershipNovel & IdiosyncraticSocial PlaySubmissive
3. Other soundsBody: Tail
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Trumpet
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeAttacking & MobbingBirthCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationLone & Object PlaySocial PlayProtest & Distress
1b. Trunk callsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Trumpet-Blast
AggressiveAttacking & MobbingSocial Play
1b. Trunk callsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Trunk-Nudge
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female
Trunk-Sweep
Coalition Building
Body: Body, Trunk
Adult female
Trunk-Toward
Advertisement & AttractionAttentiveBirthConflict & ConfrontationSubmissiveVigilance
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Trunk-to-Body
AffiliativeBirthSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Trunk-to-Face
AffiliativeBirthSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleCalfInfant
Trunk-to-Genitals
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeBirthCalf Nourishment & WeaningCourtshipSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Trunk-to-Mouth
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeBirthCoalition BuildingSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent femaleCalf
Waiting
BirthCourtshipMovement, Space & Leadership
Body: Body
Adult femaleEstrous female onlyAdult maleMusth male only+4 more
Walk-Away
Advertisement & AttractionCalf Nourishment & WeaningCoalition BuildingCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Body, Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Walk-Toward
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeCalf Nourishment & WeaningCoalition BuildingCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSocial PlayProtest & Distress
Body: Body, Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Walk-Wait
BirthCourtshipMovement, Space & Leadership
Body: Body
Adult femaleEstrous female onlyAdult maleMusth male only+4 more