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"It has been reported that a male corncrake, after 23 attempts to copulate with a stuffed female, went off to find a cater pillar, & offered it to her as an inducement"
possibly this counts more as play for the taxidermist than for the corncrake.
— Jan 08, 2018 06:21AM
possibly this counts more as play for the taxidermist than for the corncrake.
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"Anxiety makes for lowered efficiency on complex tasks"
— Jan 13, 2018 02:12AM
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"'Nobody ever does anything just for fun'. said a psychotherapist lugubriously to the parent of a backward little boy whose habit of laughingly slamming the door in her face had been under discussion. The parent dined out on the story for years"
— Jan 12, 2018 12:52AM
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"Spatial arrangements often become the object of play at about 18 months. At that age, one of my children, after an ominous period of quiet, proudly drew my attention to a beautiful arrangement she had produced: all available tomatoes carefully lined up on the doorstep, with a little bite taken out of each to make them stand up better"
— Jan 08, 2018 08:34AM
