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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…
Food, Affection and Gaze: Which Cues do Free-Ranging Dogs Consider for Engaging with Humans?
Srijaya Nandi, Dipayanti Aditya, Tithi Chakraborty +2
Free-ranging dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) constitute the majority of the global dog population and rely heavily on human-derived resources. Studies show different levels of respon…
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…
Assessing Gaze and Pointing: Human Cue Interpretation by Indian Free-Ranging Dogs in a Food Retrieval Task
Srijaya Nandi, Dipanjan Roy, Aesha Lahiri +2
The urban habitat provides a landscape that increases the chances of human-animal interactions, which can lead to increased human-animal conflict, but also coexistence. Some specie…
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…