![]() ![]() The third party's movement often affected the players' interaction. Play was influenced by individuals other than the players. Play also had a mechanism not to escalate into fighting. Although the stronger often reduced his/her activity during play, play tended to escalate in activity. Initiation attempts sometimes failed because one hesitated in playing with the other. Communication about play seems to depend on the receiver's interpretation: They can interpret the sender's behavior as play, referring to (1) play signals accompanied by the behavior, (2) transformation of the behavior in timing, strength, or rhythm, and (3) situation of the occurrence. The results are discussed in relation to communication mechanisms. Social play of juvenile and adolescent chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, was studied, by analyzing processes of play and interindividual relationships in play.
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