梳洗

梳洗是動物特有的一種衛生行為，是指動物定期清潔和保養自己的身體。動物經常清潔自己的皮毛、羽毛或其他身體部位，例如去除身上的昆蟲、葉子、污垢、樹枝和寄生蟲等異物^[1]。鳥類會花費大量時間梳理自己的羽毛。猴子則會觀察自己的身上有沒有虱子，看到的話就會捉住虱子。貓也喜歡清潔自己身上的毛，甚至有的貓因為吞食自己身上的毛而患上了毛球症。許多哺乳動物在性交後還會清潔自己的生殖器。^[2]^[3]^[4]

參考文獻

^ Graystock, Peter; Hughes, William O. H. Disease resistance in a weaver ant, Polyrhachis dives, and the role of antibiotic-producing glands. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2011, 65 (12): 2319–2327. S2CID 23234351. doi:10.1007/s00265-011-1242-y.
^ Garvey, Michael S.; Hohenhaus, Ann E.; Houpt, Katherine A.; Pinckney, John E.; Randolph, Elizabeth; Wallace, Melissa S. The Veterinarians' Guide to Your Cat's Symptoms. Random House. 2010. ISBN 9780307492852.
^ Alan F. Dixson. Primate Sexuality: Comparative Studies of the Prosimians, Monkeys, Apes, and Humans. OUP Oxford. 26 January 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-954464-6.
^ Peter M. Kappeler; Carel P. van Schaik. Sexual Selection in Primates: New and Comparative Perspectives. Cambridge University Press. 13 May 2004. ISBN 978-1-139-45115-4.

[1] Graystock, Peter; Hughes, William O. H. Disease resistance in a weaver ant, Polyrhachis dives, and the role of antibiotic-producing glands. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2011, 65 (12): 2319–2327. S2CID 23234351. doi:10.1007/s00265-011-1242-y.

[2] Garvey, Michael S.; Hohenhaus, Ann E.; Houpt, Katherine A.; Pinckney, John E.; Randolph, Elizabeth; Wallace, Melissa S. The Veterinarians' Guide to Your Cat's Symptoms. Random House. 2010. ISBN 9780307492852.

[Dixson2012-3] Alan F. Dixson. Primate Sexuality: Comparative Studies of the Prosimians, Monkeys, Apes, and Humans. OUP Oxford. 26 January 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-954464-6.

[KappelerSchaik2004-4] Peter M. Kappeler; Carel P. van Schaik. Sexual Selection in Primates: New and Comparative Perspectives. Cambridge University Press. 13 May 2004. ISBN 978-1-139-45115-4.

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