Animals are also establishing long -term friendships – Cyprus Newspaper
20 years of research on African cattle, among animals, people similar mutual aid relations have revealed.
US scientists have proved long -term, mutual assistance -based relationships between animals as a result of 20 years of observation on the cattle birds living in Africa. The research revealed that animals helped not only relatives but also individuals who are not relatives by considering “good debt”.
Research, Columbia University. Dustin Rubenstein’s laboratory was conducted by Alexis Earl, a doctoral team. The results were published in Nature of Saygın Science Magazine.
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Prof. Rubenstein said, “Stakes are not only simple communities of family members, but also complex structures where individuals and non -relatives live together, just like people,” Rubenstein said.
Within the scope of the research, thousands of birds of hundreds of birds living in East African savanni between 2002-2021 were observed. 40 The data and genetic analysis of the reproductive season were combined and the aids were examined.
They also help those who are not relatives
For many years, repetitive aids were detected between the same individuals. Although birds primarily support their relatives, some individuals also helped other birds without relatives. Scientists define this as long -term “friendship relations önemli among animals.
Researcher Alexis Earl emphasized that such behaviors can only be detected with long -term and comprehensive data and said that similar aid networks can be found in other animal species.
« The world of animals is full of social relations »
The research is based on numerous projects carried out by Rubenstein and his team in different parts of the world. Scientists had previously examined shrimp in the Caribbean, wild bees in Africa, insects in Asia, and social behavior on mice and lizards in Australia.
Prof. Rubenstein, « We think that such mutual assistance -based relationships are much more common among animals than we think. But often long -term research is not done to see it, » he said.
