10-24-2007 Assignment 2 : writting a summury

Masson and McCarthy, the authors of “A Capacity for Joy”, discuss an importance and function of a play for many animals to develop social, neurological or physical capacities. At first, the plays provide lots of joys to animals such as Elephants who play with a set of swings. Second, the plays with an objective allow the animal to learn “social play”, such as dolphins recognizing the water polo game. Furthermore, the plays provide communication across the species such as a dog and human who understand what they think each other playing games.