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In birds a functionally similar form of this behavior is called social preening.
He somewhat coyly looks away from the camera as if not quite ready for his close-up, but all the while preening.
And that tabby cat preening itself in the corner?
Chicks, however, actively remove ticks while preening themselves.
Consider a pigeon preening its feathers and emitting a string of key pecks, for example.
But these were not mere preening of advertisement copy.
Preening itself, it took the opportunity to increase its expenditure by £42,000.
Indeed, for a long time, we cannot have seen an aging emperor preening himself upon his apparel when he stands stark naked.
One of our most urgent security measures is that we should stop preening ourselves on our dispassion.
I even found a heading for him in view of his lovable and endearing characteristic of preening himself.
Yet, his successor was at the exhibition yesterday preening himself in front of the cameras.
Instead of complacently preening themselves they ought to be hanging their heads in shame.
I cannot help thinking of the old story about the woman preening herself before a photographer.
Earlier he seemed to be preening himself on the brevity of the regulations but at the end of his comments he seemed to admit that they are not so brief.
Currently all concerned are preening themselves with delight at the apparently successful outcome of the present arrangements, but a number of questions have to be asked.
