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Pirouette

Spinning or pivoting around, so as to turn rapidly toward and away from others. Pirouetting may be displayed by highly aroused individuals during exuberant Social Play or between adult and adolescent females during intense Affiliative or Coalition Building events or other Bonding behavior (such as Greeting-Ceremonies), when relatives come together in a close cluster Head-Raising, Ear-Lifting and Rapid-Ear-Flapping, vocalizing, Urinating and Defecating.

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An adolescent male is pretending to be tough. He approaches the filmmakers Foot-Scuffing and making extra noise by walking over vegetation. As he gets very close he Pirouettes and then faces them Eyes-Wide and gives a Head-Dip. He Looks-At the filmmakers and Head-Dips and then walks away making more noise in the vegetation. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

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