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No mention was made in the last chapter of one very characteristic type of juvenile behaviour—play. This was partly because, although typical of young animals, play does not necessarily cease with maturity but also because play is a sufficiently complex subject to require a separate chapter to itself.
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Ewer, R.F. (1968). Play. In: Ethology of Mammals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4656-0_11
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