The developmental onset of a rudimentary form of play fighting in C57 mice
play fighting in its most elaborate form involves nonagonistic wrestling between pairmates, where one partner grabs, holds, bites, or otherwise contacts the other. Such play
play fighting in its most elaborate form involves nonagonistic wrestling between pairmates, where one partner grabs, holds, bites, or otherwise contacts the other. Such play
play fighting in many species of squirrels can involve sexual play and aggressive play, both of which can lead to wrestling which appears superficially similar.
The body targets contacted, the type of contact made, and the patterns of defense and counterattack elicited by those attacks are examined in the play
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