Meerkats in zoos don’t put as much effort into social niceties
Meerkat’s having a group hug on a rainy day because of the cold Shutterstock/nattanan726
Meerkats in zoos fight over food more aggressively, are pickier about which of their peers they groom have less stable relationships than those living in the wild.
This may be due to living such a comfortable life, free of predators with food housing reliably available without having to work together for it, says Xareni Pacheco at the Autonomous University of Mexico State. “In a confined space, where conditions rarely change are fairly predictable, …