title: Animal communication: sniffing is about more than just smell.
abstract: A recent study shows that subordinate rats reduce their rate of sniffing while dominants explore their faces thus delaying dominants' subsequent aggression. Sniffing not only facilitates acquisition of olfactory information, but unexpectedly, also serves as a medium for communication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S4K1. galef@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Bennett G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Galef
mesh_terms: D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D001239:Inhalation / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior