Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprint
Video-recorded measures of blinking differ with group size in red deer Cervus elaphus and fallow deer Dama dama
Thomas R. Howard, Sean A. Rands
The paper examines blinking rates in red deer and fallow deer, finding that blink rate decreases with group size, suggesting blinking is linked to social vigilance rather than anti-predator vigilance.
DOI 10.1101/2024.01.02.573958