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Animal Sociality (feat. Cynthia Willett)

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Animal Social Animals Respond Like Human Adolescent Elephants

Adolescent elephants respond very much like human adolescents. Due to the degradation of their communities, they will often form gangs that can become violent in order to generate a sense of belonging. It's very important to understand this that they have that strong need to belong. Hen someone violates the social expectations, there is a sense that those violators should be punished. They will remember exactly who violated what rule. And normal, any kind of sense of retribution will be very precise.

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