8 papers
Trick or Treat? Free-ranging dogs use human behavioural cues for foraging
Rohan Sarkar, Sharmistha Maji, Tuhin Subhra Pal +9
Animals that display behavioural flexibility and adaptability thrive in urban environments, due to their ability to exploit novel anthropogenic resources. Since humans are an impor…
Exploring Scavenging Strategies and Cognitive Problem-Solving in Indian Free-Ranging Dogs
Tuhin Subhra Pal, Srijaya Nandi, Hindoli Gope +4
Animals employ strategic decision-making while carefully weighing nutritional benefits against the risks presented by aversive or harmful stimuli in their natural environment, to m…
Sight, smell and more: What cues do free-ranging dogs use for decision-making while scavenging?
Rohan Sarkar, Tuhin Subhra Pal, Sharmistha Maji +12
Finding food is a fundamental activity for survival of all living organisms. Free-ranging dogs have been known to use their olfaction to assess the quality and type of available fo…
An Eye for a Treat: Human Gazing Modulates Begging by Free-ranging Dogs
Sourabh Biswas, Srijaya Nandi, Tuhin Subhra Pal +5
Interspecific communication plays a critical role in mediating human-animal interactions, particularly in contexts involving access to anthropogenic resources. This study investiga…
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…