ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION
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Question
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Food, heat
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Food, protection
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Food, friendship
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Food, air
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the animals live in groups to protect each other from harsh climatic conditions, defend themselves against enemies, look for food or for possible mates. They help each other to bring up their offspring and learn from each other.
Detailed explanation-2: -This large group is known as herd. It becomes difficult for the enemies to attack such a large group. Hence animal remain safe. For example, dear, wild buffaloes, monkeys, elephants move in herd.
Detailed explanation-3: -We found that feeding efficiency increased with group size, and the rate of weight loss was higher in solitary individuals than in animals in groups of various sizes during desiccation. Interestingly, this was not translated into differences in survival or in standard metabolic rate.