Interment behavior in the yellow-bellied marmot [Comportemet d'enterrement chez la marmotte à ventre jaune].

Résumé

The behavior did not occur in an attack-withdrawal conflict situation, but clearly occured in a dominant attacking animal. Interment behavior apparently is a special form of agonistic behavior by which the aggressive elements of the behavior are transferred to the burrow when the dominant animal is in high state of excitment and is unable to reach the subordinate animal.