Safety in numbers
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Peer-reviewed
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Authors
Foster, WA
Abstract
The radio reporter switched on her tape-recorder and, looking up encouragingly at the white-haired scientist sitting next to me, said: ‘So, tell me, John Treherne, why do animals live in groups?’ John paused to consider a suitably enlightening response. A complicated series of possibilities seemed to be passing through his mind and after a slow rasping intake of breath, which I thought might go on forever, he said: ‘I dunno, really.’ We had to regroup. The best answer we could think of was: ‘Because there is safety in numbers’.
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Keywords
Animals, Behavior, Animal, Ecosystem, Predatory Behavior, Risk Factors, Social Behavior, Spatial Behavior
Journal Title
Journal of Experimental Biology
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Journal ISSN
0022-0949
1477-9145
1477-9145
Volume Title
220
Publisher
The Company of Biologists Ltd.