梳洗
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梳洗是動物特有的一种衛生行为,是指動物定期清洁和保養自己的身体。动物经常清洁自己的皮毛、羽毛或其他身體部位,例如去除身上的昆虫、叶子、污垢、树枝和寄生虫等异物[1]。鸟类會花费大量时间梳理自己的羽毛。猴子則會觀察自己的身上有沒有虱子,看到的話就會捉住虱子。猫也喜歡清潔自己身上的毛,甚至有的貓因為吞食自己身上的毛而患上了毛球症。许多哺乳动物在性交后還會清潔自己的生殖器。[2][3][4]
参考文献
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- ^ Garvey, Michael S.; Hohenhaus, Ann E.; Houpt, Katherine A.; Pinckney, John E.; Randolph, Elizabeth; Wallace, Melissa S. The Veterinarians' Guide to Your Cat's Symptoms. Random House. 2010. ISBN 9780307492852.
- ^ Alan F. Dixson. Primate Sexuality: Comparative Studies of the Prosimians, Monkeys, Apes, and Humans. OUP Oxford. 26 January 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-954464-6.
- ^ Peter M. Kappeler; Carel P. van Schaik. Sexual Selection in Primates: New and Comparative Perspectives. Cambridge University Press. 13 May 2004. ISBN 978-1-139-45115-4.