What animals do before going to war

Social animals use a suite of preemptive behaviors in anticipation of conflict, including staying quiet, monitoring their surroundings, conducting raids, and bonding through play. In a review publishing in the Cell Press journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution on July 16, researchers describe how environmental cues and memories of past events can trigger these behaviors. Over generations, these pre-war preparations could impact socio-cognitive evolution, population dynamics, and community structures.

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