Aug 25, 2021 08:36 PM
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-an...om-a-trap/
EXCERPTS: A group of wild boars recently demonstrated that sometimes teamwork really does make the dream work as they successfully freed each other from captivity in a world-first (for science) rescue attempt. Such breakout attempts have only been recorded among a handful of highly prosocial species, including rats and ants, and are considered to represent an advanced form of empathy. In a new study, not only was a female boar able to free two trapped young boars, but she carried out the rescue with remarkable efficiency, say the researchers. [...] a new paper published in the journal Scientific Reports... (MORE - missing details)
Animals saving each other?
EXCERPTS: A group of wild boars recently demonstrated that sometimes teamwork really does make the dream work as they successfully freed each other from captivity in a world-first (for science) rescue attempt. Such breakout attempts have only been recorded among a handful of highly prosocial species, including rats and ants, and are considered to represent an advanced form of empathy. In a new study, not only was a female boar able to free two trapped young boars, but she carried out the rescue with remarkable efficiency, say the researchers. [...] a new paper published in the journal Scientific Reports... (MORE - missing details)
Animals saving each other?