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For those wondering which animals… > They found such vocal play behavior documented in at least 65 species. That list includes a variety of primates, domestic
by mch82 5y ago
For those wondering which animals…
> They found such vocal play behavior documented in at least 65 species. That list includes a variety of primates, domestic cows and dogs, foxes, seals, and mongooses, as well as three bird species, including parakeets and Australian magpies.
Quote from the UCLA Newroom article referenced in the OpenCulture article, https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/animals-laugh-too-ucla-analysis-suggests https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/animals-laugh-too-ucla-an...
- neuronic 5y agoSince this is so broadly spread among species I wonder if there are other forms of laughing that aren’t easily detected if you don’t know about it. Does some form of muscle spasms occur in all of these animals? Closely watching my cat now.
- KineticLensman 5y ago> Since this is so broadly spread among species I wonder if there are other forms of laughing that aren’t easily detected if you don’t know about it Yes. As per the original research article, some of the vocalisations are outside the range of human hearing.
- rcarmo 5y agoYou should watch it closely anytime, it is very likely to be plotting something even if you can't tell it's laughing manically...
- KineticLensman 5y agoThe full list is in the original research article [0], in both tabular and cladogram form. [0] https://gabryant.scholar.ss.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2021/05/Play_vocals_Bioacoustics_2021.pdf https://gabryant.scholar.ss.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/site...
- JumpCrisscross 5y agoSo in summary: primates, social mammals, domesticated mammals and vocal bird species?
- marcosdumay 5y agoThat short list is just social mammals and social birds. But I can't say if this is not selection bias from the researchers.