🧪 ETHOLOGY: A new grooming gesture in Japanese macaques? 🐒👋
Kaigaishi reports a previously undescribed tactile gesture: a gentle “tap” used to initiate grooming and occurring mainly between adult females, suggesting a role in managing social relationships. #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth....
Tapping behaviour observed in the Awajishima group of Japanese macaques. An individual touches the other's back, which functions as a signal to initiate grooming between the two.
