Talk:WikiJournal Preprints/Globally Popular Pet Reptile Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius) Demonstrates Capability in Using Running Wheel Voluntarily – Is It Locomotion Play?
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Richard Digirolamo. "Globally Popular Pet Reptile Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius) Demonstrates Capability in Using Running Wheel Voluntarily – Is It Locomotion Play?". WikiJournal Preprints. Wikidata Q118936609.
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This is the pre-publication public peer review for the article Globally Popular Pet Reptile Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius) Demonstrates Capability in Using Running Wheel Voluntarily – Is It Locomotion Play?
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Pass. Report from WMF copyvios tool showed overlap in common phrases in this type of study (e.g. "a higher frequency of enrichment" and "effect of enrichment on Leopard Geckos") OhanaUnitedTalk page 14:01, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
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Review by Wolf Huetteroth 
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Review by Wolf Huetteroth , University of Leipzig
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The author has addressed all comments to my satisfaction.
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Review by researcher in the field of animal cognition and play behaviour in nonhuman animals ,
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Review by researcher in the field of animal cognition and play behaviour in nonhuman animals ,
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The author has addressed my requests in the text. However, I just watched the video of the gecko on the wheel and noticed that the gecko pauses a lot while inside the wheel. The authors do note that the gecko would rest in the wheel already.
I just wanted to note that perhaps it should be clarified/be made explicit whether the total spent on the wheel also includes such resting times or whether it only considers walking durations. For example in "The gecko spent an average of 133 minutes (SD = 188, minimum 0, maximum 525) on the wheel per observed day."
Also, is the video typical of all the interactions with the wheel? If so, it seems that the gecko does a lot of pausing and resting rather than continuing to walk in the wheel. If this only happens occasionally, then it would be better to show a video where the gecko does continue to walk. If these pauses are typical, then it's fine.