Context: Lone & Object Play
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Behaviors employed when playing alone or with an object that involve exaggerated, loose, or floppy movements.
Behaviors in this Context (21)
Adorn-Body
AmbivalentBirthConflict & ConfrontationForaging & Comfort TechniqueSocial Play
Body: Ears, Head, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Carry-Bone
Death
Body: Mouth, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Clamber
MaintenanceSocial Play
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Explore-Touch-Foot
Attentive
Body: Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Explore-Touch-Mouth
Attentive
Body: Mouth, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Explore-Touch-Trunk
Attentive
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Flop-Trunk-On-Head
Social Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Head-Shaking
AffiliativeAggressiveAttentiveCalf Reassurance & ProtectionConflict & ConfrontationSocial PlaySubmissiveProtest & Distress
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Head
Adult femaleJuvenile Adolescent female
Head-Waggling
AttentiveSocial Play
Body: Ears, Head
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Kick-Back
Calf Nourishment & WeaningCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCourtshipMovement, Space & LeadershipSocial Play
Body: Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Pharyngeal-Pouch-Suck
Foraging & Comfort TechniqueNovel & Idiosyncratic
3. Other soundsBody: Mouth, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Silly-Trunk
Maintenance
Body: Trunk
Infant
Sitting
Social Play
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Splash-Submerge
Social Play
2. Other acoustic signalsBody: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Spray-Water
Social Play
3. Other soundsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Squeak
Novel & Idiosyncratic
1d. Imitated and Idiosyncratic soundsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male
Squelch
Novel & Idiosyncratic
1b. Trunk calls, 1d. Imitated and Idiosyncratic soundsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Submerge
Social Play
3. Other soundsBody: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Throw-Debris
AggressiveAttacking & MobbingConflict & ConfrontationSocial Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Trumpet
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeAttacking & MobbingBirthCalf Reassurance & ProtectionCoalition BuildingConflict & ConfrontationSocial PlayProtest & Distress
1b. Trunk callsBody: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Trunk-Sucking
AmbivalentAttentiveForaging & Comfort TechniqueSocial PlayVigilance
Body: Mouth, Trunk
Juvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalfInfant