Warum spielen Tiere?

Für uns ist es selbstverständlich: Wir jassen, pokern, gamen,
gehen in den Fussballverein oder den Volley-Club. Spiel ist ein
elementarer Bestandteil unseres Lebens. Und nur natürlich scheint
es, dass auch Tiere spielen.


Aber: Für die Wissenschaft ist Spiel bei Tieren gar nicht so
einfach. Warum spielen Tiere? Was ist sein Sinn und Zweck? Wird
da für den "Ernst des Lebens" trainiert oder nicht? Und wie passt
Spielverhalten überhaupt in die "Optimal Foraging Theory"?


Diesen Fragen und mehr gehe ich in dieser Folge von Rund um Hund
auf den Grund!


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