it is never "all for fun"
that is a very childish view
Most likely they're checking eachother out for mating purposes during this whole ordeal.
That's not true. Many animals do things just for fun. Crows and parrots, dolphins, dogs, certain monkeys and apes. Humans do things just for fun. The most arrogant thing in the world is people thinking they're separate from nature instead of part of nature. Fun isn't a purely human concept.
play is still practice (puppies play fight just as kids wrestle: it is all fun, but it is training and practice). It can be fun, but it is fun for a reason--like sex.
nothing is fun for the sake of fun. It kind of made me sad when I learned whales breaching was not for fun, but served to knock off parasites (like this is fun, but it serves to knock of (((parasites)) ).
Sure, fair enough. Do you suppose that when a human plays vidya they feel like they are practicing or engaging in entertainment? Do you think a lion cub playing with its siblings is aware that it's practicing hunting or does it even understand the concept of training? I think there's a natural inclination to play, and practice is a byproduct of that.
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