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pearl ([personal profile] pearl) wrote in [personal profile] catsidhe 2008-10-01 05:11 am (UTC)

I think we're just going to state the same things over and over at each other, which really is a waste of time for both of us.

But, for the person who wanted to know if other primates used physical discipline, the answer looks like it may be yes.

From this article summary:

In social animals, retaliatory aggression is common, individuals often punish other group members that infringe their interests, and punishment can cause subordinates to desist from behaviour likely to reduce the fitness of dominant animals. Punishing strategies are used to establish and maintain dominance relationships, to discourage parasites and cheats, to discipline offspring or prospective sexual partners and to maintain cooperative behaviour.

It is just one article, and what I could find after minutes with Google scholar, but it's a start.

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