New research on animal playtime reveals that not only do more species than we ever imagined engage in play—they also gain the same benefits and skills from it as we do. BekiHooper explains.
Animal play is difficult to study scientifically because it's dynamic, unpredictable and related to the 'internal state' of the players
As humans do, other species may acquire important developmental skills from play including cooperation and innovation. Play is tricky to study scientifically, largely because it’s hard to identify. It is unpredictable, dynamic, and related to the internal state of the"players." In general, researchers of animal play use five criteria to figure out if a behaviour really is play.
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