ZOOL371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sexual Conflict, Gamete, Headon
9 Oct 2018
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Less chance of getting eaten if there are more of you. Prairie dogs have 1 scouter while the rest eat. Many crows will attack an eagle b/c 1 alone can"t deter a bigger predator. Harder for predator to keep track of 1 animal. Look at flight initiation distance (threshold of distance before getting away from predator) Can add specialized roles to enhance the probability of capturing a prey. Yes, distribution of food must be high and clumped in a way that it can share without hurting their fitness. Gather at night as an active sharing of info about where they have and have not found food during the day. Should means that you have better chance of finding food the next day. Individuals that have useful info will get followed the next day. The rats that interacted with the demo that knew there was food were much faster at finding that food.
