Juvenile dolphins' future mating success is connected to their play routines, claim researchers
Published date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:53:09 +0700
Researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of Western Australia claimed there is a link between playful interactions during youth and adult reproductive behaviours among male bottlenose dolphins.
Their findings were published this month in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, where they detailed their observation of juvenile male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia.