Flipper to flipper rubbing behavior in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins(5.0MB, 00:00:28)Shot Date: 2002/07/21 Shot Location: Mikura island, Tokyo, Japan | ||
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Flipper to flipper rubbing behavior in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins(5.0MB, 00:00:28)Shot Date: 2002/07/21 Shot Location: Mikura island, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| species Tursiops aduncus Key Words | |
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Animalia >Chordata >Mammalia >Cetacea >Delphinidae >Tursiops >
A pair of subadult males conducting flipper-to-flipper rubbing. They rubbed the frontal edge of the flipper with each other similar to grinding one knife onto
another knife moving their pectoral fin back and forth.
Reference:
Sakai, M., T. Hishii, S. Takeda, & S. Kohshima. Flipper rubbing behaviours in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) Marine Mammal Science. 22: 966-978
(Data No.momo070721ta02a)
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