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Dust bathing

Dust bathing (also called sand bathing) is an animal behavior characterized by rolling or moving around in dust, dry earth or sand, with the likely purpose of removing parasites from fur, feathers or skin. Dust bathing is a maintenance behavior performed by a wide range of mammalian and avian species. For some animals, dust baths are necessary to…

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Dust bathing

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples25
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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Dust bathing

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related to Preferences for substrate · 8
Dust bathing → Astroturf, Bill, Hens, In, Most, No, The, When
related to Mammals · 6
Dust bathing → Belding's, Dust, Euchoreutes, It, Many, Octodon
related to Domestic chicken · 4
Dust bathing → Dust, In, Once, The
is a · 1
Dust bathing → maintenance behavior performed by a wide range of mammalian and avian species
related to Motivation · 1
Dust bathing → Dust

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Dust bathingis amaintenance behavior performed by a wide range of mammalian and avian species0.90text
the common deguinstance ofis traditionally included as part of stable complexes for use by racehorses after exercise.Dust bathing has been suggested to have a communicatory function in several mammals0.80text
thermoregulationinstance ofmay serve functions0.80text
providing a sunscreeninstance ofmay serve functions0.80text
ecto-parasite controlinstance ofmay serve functions0.80text
scent-marking.Mammals that perform dust bathing includeinstance ofmay serve functions0.80text
Dust bathingrelated to Domestic chickenDust0.60section
Dust bathingrelated to Domestic chickenIn0.60section
Dust bathingrelated to Domestic chickenOnce0.60section
Dust bathingrelated to Domestic chickenThe0.60section
Dust bathingrelated to MammalsMany0.60section
Dust bathingrelated to MammalsDust0.60section

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