Journal article
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 2013
DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.030
ISSN
0960-9822