When biological scientists speak of ‘aggression’, we are referring to actual physical violence, e.g. hitting, biting, dismembering, killing, eating, within or between species. We are not referring to vocalizations, or animal signals, or their modern digital equivalents.
No, the usual term both in common usage and that biological scientists use for that kind of stuff is “violence”. Aggression very much includes speech. I would be surprised if you were to find biologists consistently avoiding the word aggression when e.g. referring to intimidation behavior between animals in lieu of actual physical contact.
Indeed, just the first Google result for “animal aggression behavior” looks like this:
This also aligns with the common usage of those words.
That said, I am very happy to use a different word for the context of this comment thread if you want. We don’t have to agree on the meanings of all words to have a conversation here.
No, the usual term both in common usage and that biological scientists use for that kind of stuff is “violence”. Aggression very much includes speech. I would be surprised if you were to find biologists consistently avoiding the word aggression when e.g. referring to intimidation behavior between animals in lieu of actual physical contact.
Indeed, just the first Google result for “animal aggression behavior” looks like this:
This also aligns with the common usage of those words.
That said, I am very happy to use a different word for the context of this comment thread if you want. We don’t have to agree on the meanings of all words to have a conversation here.