Macaque Image Credit: Lauren Brent
Macaque Image Credit: Lauren Brent People can often unite to rebuild their homes under natural disasters.
The study reported that after a major hurricane hit Puerto Rico, macaques living on the island of Cayo Santiago became more tolerant and sought to establish new social connections.
"Macaques have established new relationships rather than strengthening existing ones, and tend to adopt a'path of least resistance' to establish new relationships.
Macaques are a social animal, but they also live in a highly competitive society and can be extremely aggressive with each other.
This prompted researchers to conduct an in-depth analysis of the macaque social network.
Lauren Brent of the University of Exeter, the co-senior author of the paper, said: “We had guessed that monkeys would deal with the ecological damage caused by hurricanes through their closest allies, so they would invest in their existing relationships.
Researchers say their findings in Puerto Rico help answer a major question about what benefits social relationships provide.
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