related term, allogrooming, indicates social grooming between members of the same species. Grooming is a major social activity and a means by which animals...

as personal grooming, a form of hygiene. Extracting foreign objects such as insects, leaves, dirt, twigs and parasites is a form of grooming. Among animals...

up groom, groomer, or grooming in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A groom (short for bridegroom) is a male participant in a wedding ceremony. Groom or...

highly social nature, primates must maintain personal contact with the other members of their social group, usually through social grooming. Such social groups...

grooming behaviors, much of which is spent grooming others, rather than themselves. In more social species the amount of time spent in self grooming is...

description of the process of child grooming to a 1979 book written by Nicholas Groth, and the first printed use of the word grooming to a 1984 article by Jon Conte...

'a cheap and ultra-efficient form of grooming'—vocal grooming. To keep allies happy, one now needs only to 'groom' them with low-cost vocal sounds, servicing...

and mares. Grooming establishes social rank and eases aggressive behaviour, although Grévy's zebras generally do not perform social grooming. Among plains...

wrists to thermoregulate Social grooming lions Wolves licking to indicate social status A domestic cat licking its paw during grooming A tiger "licking" the...

communicative uses, language has social uses such as signifying group identity, social stratification, as well as use for social grooming and entertainment. Languages...