4 papers
Treats or Affection? Understanding Reward Preferences in Indian Free-ranging Dogs for Bonding with Humans
Srijaya Nandi, Aesha Lahiri, Tuhin Subhra Pal +3
Free-ranging dogs constitute approximately 80% of the global dog population. These dogs are freely breeding and live without direct human supervision, making them an ideal model sy…
Lemons and Learning: Adult and Juvenile Free-Ranging Dogs Navigate Aversive Foraging Challenges Differently
Tuhin Subhra Pal, Prithwiraj Debnath, Sagarika Biswas +1
Understanding how animals make foraging decisions in challenging or unpleasant contexts sheds light on the processes that underlie cognitive development and the evolution of adapti…
When Life Gives You Lemons, Squeeze Your Way Through: Understanding Citrus Avoidance Behaviour by Free-Ranging Dogs in India
Tuhin Subhra Pal, Srijaya Nandi, Rohan Sarkar +1
Palatability of food is driven by multiple factors like taste, smell, texture, freshness, etc. and can be very variable across species. There are classic examples of local adaptati…
The mouth speaks as much as the eyes: Free-ranging dogs depend on inner facial features for human recognition
Rohan Sarkar, Tuhin Subhra Pal, Sandip Murmu +1
The human face is a multi-signal system continuously transmitting information of identity and emotion. In shared human-animal environments, the face becomes a reliable tool of hete…