The Warmth of Sarudango: Modelling the Huddling Behaviour of Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)
Cédric Sueur, Shintaro Ishizuka, Yu Kaigaishi, Shinya Yamamoto · 2024
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Cédric Sueur and co-authors model the giant huddles formed by Japanese monkeys on one island, in a study from two thousand twenty-four. On Shodoshima, huddles can top fifty animals, far larger than in other groups. Huddling keeps animals warm and builds social bonds in cold places.
A computer model let each virtual monkey join or leave by simple chance rules. Heat, group size, and solo choices drove the pattern in the model. Cold did favor larger huddles, yet joining and leaving rates mattered just as much. The island group's size likely blends weather with high social tolerance, the authors say.
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| CREATOR | Cédric Sueur, Shintaro Ishizuka, Yu Kaigaishi, Shinya Yamamoto |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 75 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |