3 papers
q-bio.OT2025
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…
q-bio.OT2025
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…
q-bio.OT2025
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…