Once fully matured the stat bonuses will remain on the dino regardless if it is ridden by the imprinter or even if the dino is traded to another tribe.(Excluding the Snow Owl until patch PC - 304.44) Mountable flying creatures will not receive an imprinting bonus to movement speed.For details see Creature Stats Calculation. It increases the base stat, and is not subject to addition and subtraction modifiers (such as the giga's health penalty), thus the final value may be more or less than 20%. It will increase the stat-values of all stats by 20% at full affinity, including speed and torpor this boost does not apply to stamina and oxygen.Giga Does 0 Dmg At Training Dummy Work Bonus Percentage Per Interaction (Approximate) Species The exact amount a creature will gain per cuddle is 100% / floor(TotalMaturationTime / cuddleInterval). The displayed value is rounded from the actual value, thus, for a Parasaur, which is ~33.33333%, it displays as 33% per care, but after 2 care intervals you will have 67% (actually 66.66666%). It is approximately: Imprinting Affinity Gain = 8 Hours / Total Maturation Time of Species.
Each care session will increase Imprinting affinity by a set amount, based on total maturation time.