AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Humans are social beings that need human contact, going without it can greatly affect mental health. The same goes for our furry loved ones: they need proper socialization just like us. Without it, they can develop (or worsen) emotional distress.

Detailed explanation-2: -animal social behaviour, the suite of interactions that occur between two or more individual animals, usually of the same species, when they form simple aggregations, cooperate in sexual or parental behaviour, engage in disputes over territory and access to mates, or simply communicate across space.

Detailed explanation-3: -Introduction. Social animals including humans live in groups to optimise the multiplicative benefits of social interactions such as protection, coordination, cooperation, access to information, and fitness, while balancing the competition, disease risk, and stress costs of group living1, 2, 3.

Detailed explanation-4: -Instinct, imprinting, conditioning, and imitation are the four types of animal behavior.