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Just as altruism isn’t unique to humans, neither is taking advantage of another’s altruism. In any given group dynamic, there will be those who would try to game the system to their advantage—and they...
View ArticleThe Great Fairy Wren Caper Part 2
On Friday we introduced the concept of “brood parasitism”, where one organism will leave its offspring to be raised by another. It’s a tactic meant to conserve the resources of the parent parasite, and...
View ArticleSchool of Hard Knocks
You may recognize the tactic used by the fish in today’s comic from a classic joke about running from bears. Published in the June issue of Animal Behavior, the study by Vinícius D.L. R. Goulart and...
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