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Observation of rescue behaviour in wild boar (Sus scrofa)
Here, we provide unique photo documentation and observational evidence of rescue behaviour described for the first time in wild boar. Rescue behaviour represents an extreme form of prosocial behaviour that has so far only been demonstrated in a few species. It refers to a situation when one individu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8355341/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34376774 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95682-4 |
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author | Masilkova, Michaela Ježek, Miloš Silovský, Václav Faltusová, Monika Rohla, Jan Kušta, Tomáš Burda, Hynek |
author_facet | Masilkova, Michaela Ježek, Miloš Silovský, Václav Faltusová, Monika Rohla, Jan Kušta, Tomáš Burda, Hynek |
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description | Here, we provide unique photo documentation and observational evidence of rescue behaviour described for the first time in wild boar. Rescue behaviour represents an extreme form of prosocial behaviour that has so far only been demonstrated in a few species. It refers to a situation when one individual acts to help another individual that finds itself in a dangerous or stressful situation and it is considered by some authors as a complex form of empathy. We documented a case in which an adult female wild boar manipulated wooden logs securing the door mechanism of a cage trap and released two entrapped young wild boars. The whole rescue was fast and particular behaviours were complex and precisely targeted, suggesting profound prosocial tendencies and exceptional problem-solving capacities in wild boar. The rescue behaviour might have been motivated by empathy because the rescuer female exhibited piloerection, a sign of distress, indicating an empathetic emotional state matching or understanding the victims. We discuss this rescue behaviour in the light of possible underlying motivators, including empathy, learning and social facilitation. |
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spelling | pubmed-83553412021-08-13 Observation of rescue behaviour in wild boar (Sus scrofa) Masilkova, Michaela Ježek, Miloš Silovský, Václav Faltusová, Monika Rohla, Jan Kušta, Tomáš Burda, Hynek Sci Rep Article Here, we provide unique photo documentation and observational evidence of rescue behaviour described for the first time in wild boar. Rescue behaviour represents an extreme form of prosocial behaviour that has so far only been demonstrated in a few species. It refers to a situation when one individual acts to help another individual that finds itself in a dangerous or stressful situation and it is considered by some authors as a complex form of empathy. We documented a case in which an adult female wild boar manipulated wooden logs securing the door mechanism of a cage trap and released two entrapped young wild boars. The whole rescue was fast and particular behaviours were complex and precisely targeted, suggesting profound prosocial tendencies and exceptional problem-solving capacities in wild boar. The rescue behaviour might have been motivated by empathy because the rescuer female exhibited piloerection, a sign of distress, indicating an empathetic emotional state matching or understanding the victims. We discuss this rescue behaviour in the light of possible underlying motivators, including empathy, learning and social facilitation. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8355341/ /pubmed/34376774 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95682-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Masilkova, Michaela Ježek, Miloš Silovský, Václav Faltusová, Monika Rohla, Jan Kušta, Tomáš Burda, Hynek Observation of rescue behaviour in wild boar (Sus scrofa) |
title | Observation of rescue behaviour in wild boar (Sus scrofa) |
title_full | Observation of rescue behaviour in wild boar (Sus scrofa) |
title_fullStr | Observation of rescue behaviour in wild boar (Sus scrofa) |
title_full_unstemmed | Observation of rescue behaviour in wild boar (Sus scrofa) |
title_short | Observation of rescue behaviour in wild boar (Sus scrofa) |
title_sort | observation of rescue behaviour in wild boar (sus scrofa) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8355341/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34376774 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95682-4 |
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