Animal Communication: Sniffing Is About More Than...

Animal Communication: Sniffing Is About More Than Just Smell

Abstract

A recent study shows that subordinate rats reduce their rate of sniffing while dominants explore their faces thus delaying dominants' subsequent aggression. Sniffing not only facilitates acquisition of olfactory information, but unexpectedly, also serves as a medium for communication.

Authors

Galef BG

Journal

Current Biology, Vol. 23, No. 7, pp. r272–r273

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

April 8, 2013

DOI

10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.030

ISSN

0960-9822

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Bennett Godfrey Jr Galef

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Science

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