Animal social behavior: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	group behaviour

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Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: herd of gnu (wildebeests)

A herd of bison (Bison bonasus) grazes in tall prairie grass with mountains visible in the background.

A herd of vicuna crosses a white salt pan in the Atacama Desert, Chile, with snow-capped Taapaca Volcano and rugged mountains in the background.

A white man in a blue shirt stands in front of an illustrated blue background with fish and the text "animal car wash?" across his chest, referencing animal mutualism.

Observe a predatory lion pride in a typical day of grooming, playing, hunting, eating prey, and sleeping

Know how monkeys use different alarm calls for specific dangers and how some birds can understand these alarm calls

Observe the aggressive social behavior of territorial perciform jawfish fighting over burrow proximity

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