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This article was originally published on June 22, 2020.
Chimps do it, for example.
Why they do it is unclear.
We always want to reward altruistic behavior in others and punish them for excessive selfishness.
That is something I saw in my own research with chimpanzees.
In all likelihood their cat was extremely stressed out by the change to their environment.
It can be pretty vicious at times.
Its not very common, but it happens more than youd expect by chance.
When I studied this, sometimes it would happen later on.
Animal A would hit animal B, then animal B later on would go after animal As kid.
(This phenomenon has also been seen in spotted hyenas.)
The nature of living in these hierarchies or groups, where there is one dominant male, is fear.
There are going to be repercussions if you dont behave in the way that is expected.
There are big monkey groups with one male and multiple females.
The purpose, here, is to maintain the group and to maintain power.
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