In social animals, including humans, social grooming is an
activity in which individuals in a group clean or maintain one
another's body or appearance. A related term, allogrooming,
indicates social grooming between members of the same species.
Grooming is a major social activity, and a means by which
animals who live in proximity may bond and reinforce social
structures, family links, and build relationships. Social
grooming also is used as a form of reconciliation and a means of
conflict resolution in some species. Mutual grooming typically
describes the act of grooming between two individuals, often as
a part of social grooming, pair bonding, or a precoital
activity. It is a reuse of ordinary grooming behavior, a means
of achieving hygiene and good health, in that an animal helping
another animal to clean itself also is helping to form a social
bond and trust between them. The Ubud Monkey Forest is a nature
reserve and temple complex in Ubud, Bali. Its full name as
written on a welcome sign is the Padangte