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Play behavior and exercise in young ponies (Equus caballus L.)

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Play behavior of young ponies accounted for two-thirds of total running exercise and over 95% of all high-speed turns in ten animals from birth to age six weeks. The classical supposition, never previously demonstrated, that most exercise of young mammals occurs in play, is confirmed in these subjects.

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  1. Department of Ecology, Ethology and Evolution, The University of Illinois, 61801, Urbana, Illinois, USA

    Robert M. Fagen & Timothy K. George

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Fagen, R.M., George, T.K. Play behavior and exercise in young ponies (Equus caballus L.). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2, 267–269 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00299739

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