Foraging-Technique

Specific actions or techniques used by elephants to acquire, manipulate and ingest different types of forage. See the list of behaviors. 

References: Poole & Granli 2021. (Full reference list)

This behavioral constellation includes the following behaviors: Bend-Down-Bite-Vegetation, Bite-off-Dirt, Coprophagia, Dig-Minerals, Fell-Tree, Filter-Water, Food-Sharing, Food-Stealing, Grasp-Branch-Break-with-Tusk, Grasp-Kick-Grass, Grasp-Seedling-Slice-with-Foot, Pluck-Branchlets, Pluck-Seed-Pods, Pluck-Object, Rip-Grass, Roll-Tree, Rub-off-Dirt, Scrub-off-Thorns, Shake-off-Dirt, Shake-Tree, Grasp-Grass-Slice-with-Foot, Stow-Branch, Strip-Bark, Strip-Branch, Grasp-Break-Branch, Grasp-Seedling-Pull, Grasp-Branch-Break-with-Foot, Pluck-Mushrooms, Pluck-Leaves, Grasp-Branch-Bite, Guide-Branch, Step-On-Sapling-Slice-With-Foot, Uproot-Forb, Grasp-Water-Plant-Pull, Grasp-Water-Plant-Slice-with-Foot, Trunk-Curl-Squeeze-Rip-Grass, Kick-Grass and occurs in the following context(s): Foraging & Comfort Technique