Animals Have Personalities, Too—Which Fade Away in Group Situations

As any pet owner tells you, humans are not the only animals with personality. It is not just dogs and cats. In recent years, scientists have discovered that members of many species, from hermit crabs to rats, fish and fish, have their own personality that shows consistent behavioral differences in different circumstances over time. did.

But how does social situation affect personality? Christos C. Ioannou, a biologist at the University of Bristol and his colleagues, looked at the small fish called the three thorns inhabiting the saltwater coastal waters of the northern hemisphere and tried to find it. Mr. Ioannou stated that "they can be individuals or social groups in the wild," he is quite suitable for personality characterization in various environments.

Researchers took out 80 fish and put a protective cap on one end of a tank for fish breeding. There is food on the other side. Since open water often risks them to predation, feeding through a tank seems to be dangerous due to tough

Each fish is stable within a few days. Bold people left the evacuation shelter safely soon to find the food. Awkward people take time to appear on the water and swim. However, when 10 tricks were placed under the cover, the individuality of each fish disappeared. Like humans, bold people work cautiously but as team leaders. "The first people came out relatively soon, but they seem to have not almost noticed that they have not been tracked, please wait for others to catch up," Ioannou said. When separated later from the group, the fish regained their original personality. Results were published in Science Advances in September.

New research suggests that group dynamics may reduce personality, researchers say this is the first time that this suppression is clearly related to potential causes .

According to Mike Webster, an animal behavior researcher at the University of St. Andrews, animal character researchers historically focus on individuals and ignore group behavior, but collective behavior researchers note attention to groups I am paying. While diluting individual differences. . "What this research actually does is to combine these two studies," he said.

Animals are mainly social animals. There are exceptions, but you will find many animals living in your family. Collective life helps to protect individuals within a group both physically and mentally. Animals can have a strong emotional connection with their families, and you can clearly see this in the Orcas and Elephants family group. Today, we usually leave our families, and usually leave quite a bit far away, often before 20 years old. (Well, some people still live at home! :)) This change from a more social society to a more lonely existence brings a challenge and enhances our loneliness.

If the "prohibited" animal shelters and rescue organizations are (almost always) operated with full capacity, they have two options. Under congested conditions, it can take weeks, months, even even a few years. Most, if not all, of the animals diverted from these facilities are still facing premature death - not at these facilities. Lucky people are taken to evacuation centers of well-managed animals where they find a well-designed permanent home there, or in the arms of professionally trained and caring persons euthanasia I was made to do. Here are some of the evacuation centers of "non-murdered" animals that could not make headlines in recent years, animals get much worse than death.

The so-called "banned" or "folded" shelter, supported by the so-called "animal rights" activist Nathan Winnograd, leaves the poor who they think is irreplaceable so they have luxury goods that will not euthanize animals It is. Because they are clearly unpopular, many people are waiting for the safety of animals to be affected. Where did these annoying animals go? Fortune will be used to clean open access facilities with responsible policy for euthanasia and adoption.