A wild Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin adopts a socially and genetically distant neonate

Alloparental behaviour and adoption have been reported in many mammals and birds. Such behaviours are energetically costly, and their causes and functions remain unclear. We observed the adoption behaviour of a wild Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) near Mikura Island, Japan. A calf...

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Autores principales: Sakai, Mai, Kita, Yuki F., Kogi, Kazunobu, Shinohara, Masanori, Morisaka, Tadamichi, Shiina, Takashi, Inoue-Murayama, Miho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27049937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23902

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27049937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23902

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