Friday, 7 April 2023

Animals that are social outliners can sove problems


 

Image courtesy of Caicoya AL et al. (2023). 

 Joel Kontinen

A study shows that sheep, camels, goats, gazelles and other hoofed animals are better at figuring out solutions to puzzles when they are less integrated into social groups.

These animals can find food, shelter and other needs on their own without group help, This could fuel innovation,   This what Federica Amici at the University of Leipzig in Germany says. 

Source:

Lesté-Lasserre, Christa. 2023. Animals that are social outliers seem to be better at solving problems. New Scientist 5 April.