Context: Maintenance
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Behaviors or activity states (excluding interaction) employed by elephants for basic subsistence.
Behaviors in this Context (29)
Bathing
Social Play
3. Other soundsBody: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Blow
Foraging & Comfort Technique
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Browsing
Body: Forefeet, Mouth, Trunk, Tusks
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Clamber
Lone & Object PlaySocial Play
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Comfort
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Defecating
AffiliativeBirthCoalition BuildingCourtship
3. Other soundsBody: Genitals
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Drinking
3. Other soundsBody: Mouth, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Dusting
Foraging & Comfort Technique
3. Other soundsBody: Forefeet, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Feeding
Body: Body, Forefeet, Head, Hindfeet, Mouth, Trunk, Tusks
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Grazing
3. Other soundsBody: Forefeet, Mouth, Trunk, Tusks
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Legs-Crossed
AttentiveMovement, Space & Leadership
Body: Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Lie-Down
Social Play
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Moving-While-Feeding
3. Other soundsBody: Body, Forefeet, Hindfeet, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Mud-Splashing
3. Other soundsBody: Forefeet, Hindfeet, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+1 more
Mud-Wallowing
3. Other soundsBody: Body, Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Penis-Erection
Advertisement & AttractionCalf Nourishment & WeaningCourtshipSocial Play
Body: Genitals
Adult maleJuvenile Adolescent maleCalfInfant
Resting
3. Other soundsBody: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Resting-Trunk
Calf Nourishment & Weaning
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Silly-Trunk
Lone & Object Play
Body: Trunk
Infant
Sneeze
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Snorkel
Social Play
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Standing
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Steady-with-Trunk
Body: Trunk
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Swimming
Body: Body, Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Thermoregulatory-Ear-Flapping
Foraging & Comfort Technique
3. Other soundsBody: Ears
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Unnatural-Gait
Body: Body, Forefeet, Hindfeet
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Urinating
Advertisement & AttractionAffiliativeBirthCoalition Building
3. Other soundsBody: Genitals
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Walking
Body: Body
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more
Yawn
Affiliative
Body: Mouth
Adult femaleAdult maleJuvenile Adolescent femaleJuvenile Adolescent male+2 more