Talk:Interspecies friendship

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Human bonds with other animals
Why doesn't this article talk about the relatively common phenomenon of humans developing friendships with other species? It includes a link to the human-canine bond article, but it doesn't contain any information about such things in the article itself (or about human friendships with other species, for that matter). StoryMakerEchidna (talk) 21:11, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Possible Edits
I plan to provide an evolutionary outlook of interspecies friendships which is essential for understanding the fundamentals of a certain behaviour or trait amongst any species. I will touch on various mechanisms of interspecies communication and elaborate on each of the three sections regarding the reasons we see interspecies friendship formation while also investigating some unexpected but common friendships we see between humans and other species.

 Evolution  In this section the role on ontogeny in interspecies friendship and communication will be explored.

 Interspecies Communication  A deeper look into how different species are able to communicate. Communication is powerful and can allow a bond between two species aiding in friendship formation.

 Unexpected Interspecies Friendships  An investigation of friendships we see between humans and other unexpected species.

 Reasoning for Interspecies Friendship Formation  This section will explore the various reasons behind the formation of an interspecies friendships, which will include:


 * 1) Mutual Benefits
 * 2) Social Bonding
 * 3) Protection

Possible Bibliography:

Dorey, N., Udell, M., & Wynne, C. (2010). When do domestic dogs, Canis familiaris, start to understand human pointing? The role of ontogeny in the development of interspecies communication. Animal Behaviour, 79(1), 37-41.

Freedman, D., King, J., & Elliot, O. (1961). Critical Period in the Social Development of Dogs. Science, 133(3457), 1016-1017.

Lyn, H., Greenfield, P., & Savage-Rumbaugh, S. (2006). The development of representational play in chimpanzees and bonobos: Evolutionary implications, pretense, and the role of interspecies communication. Cognitive Development, 21(3), 199-213.

Mitchell, R. (2002). Pretending and imagination in animals and children. Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge Univ. Press. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jordynhcole (talk • contribs) 03:10, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Reference 19 leads to nowhere
The link is broken and only leads to the landing page of the website.

Needs commas
The grammar isn't atrocious, but the lack of commas makes a lot of sentences really difficult to read and often ambiguous.

For example: Play is specifically fundamental to interactions between humans and their non-human companions such as play exhibited in human-canine bonding.64.180.15.60 (talk) 05:44, 7 December 2022 (UTC)