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Growling, one of the main things that I will be adding will be a section following "Function of Aggressive growling" and this section will be titled "other funtions of Growling" and will highlight how growling is used in other species in different ways other than aggression as well as some more examples of how it is used in domestic dogs. this section will also include some example of how some researchers have used drugs to see the effects of an animals behaviour with growling being one of the measurements they use. in the section "function of aggressive growling" I will add more examples of how growling is used by canines in an aggressive use as the article only has about one sentence dedicated to canines in this particular section. Of course if I find more examples in other species then I will be adding more to that section with regards to those species. There is also the possibility of adding a section that details the neurological functions that occur alongside growling but I will have to make sure that there is enough sources on that topic before I would make that its own section.


 * The Following Sections are to be added to the Article "Growling" on Wikipedia and is here for editing purposes*****


 * Section "Growling in Canines" (this will be added to the middle of the paragraph)

Since dogs are able to distinguish between the different types of growling such as those that display food possession versus growls that are used during play, their behavior changes in response to another dogs growl. During playful interactions, dogs produce a growl which allows them to project their body size to be bigger than it actually is in order to help stimulate their playful behavior and the one they are playing with. This is in contrast to when they produce a growl that accurately projects their body size when guarding food, which is necessary because it will be more dangerous if their opponent thinks they are bigger, as this may result in more injury.


 * section "Function of Aggressive Growling" (the following is to be added to this section)

With growling being used in aggressive behaviours in dog species, it can be used as a predictor as to whether or not an individual will engage in further aggressive behaviour. Different body sizes in domestic dogs can produce different "formants" which they can use to display their size and predict the size of others. Larger dogs are able to produce formants that appear to be much lower than smaller dogs which in contrast produce higher formants. With this information, dogs are able to judge their opponent’s size relative to their own and decide on what type of action they wish to proceed with during the encounter. Larger dogs are more likely to engage in more aggressive behaviour when their conspecific is smaller than them while they are less likely to interact with their conspecific if it is larger than them. This type of behaviour also transfers over to smaller dogs, in which are less likely to interact with any other conspecific at all if they are in any way larger than them which is likely due to their distinct disadvantage of body size.


 * Other Functions of Growling*

Growling may also function as a type of escape from predation as well as a warning signal to other conspecifics of close by predators. The LongSnout Seahorse (Hippocampus reid) uses a form of growling when under stress, in the presence of a predator. They use their low-frequency growl to help warn conspecifics of a predator that is currently attacking it and will only show this type of growl when it is being handled. Due to the low-frequency this sound produces, it only works to warn others if they are near by. This type of behaviour still works in its favour as the growl is also accompanied by body vibrations that the seahorse produces, which is likely to deter the predator when it is handling the seahorse.