Formation of behavior in bottle-nosed dolphin newborns under conditions of an oceanarium: Heterochrony of involvement of various types of afferentiation

The formation of behavior in early ontogenesis in dolphin newborns kept in sections of marine enclosures was studied using direct observations and photo- and video surveys, as well as by recording ethograms with subsequent computer analysis. A successive formation of postures and locomotory acts accompanied by a heterochronous involvement of various types of afferentiation was found.