Meerkats Demonstrate Altruism
Altruism is a behavior of selfless in humankind and animals. It is quite visible in the acts of some mammals in the wild. This behavior has been studied further in meerkats.
The passage has stated that meerkats exhibit altruism naturally as a group of them stands guard while the others hunt for food, risking their chances of getting any food that day. In fact, the sentinels would not stand there stomch-free. They ensure that they can sustain without food when they undertake the task by eating before it.
Moreover, the guarding meerkats tend to stand near the burrows so that they can escape fast from predators once they attack, of course after alarming the group. The fact that they alarm the others puts the group under the danger of baffling
The passage has stated that meerkats exhibit altruism naturally as a group of them stands guard while the others hunt for food, risking their chances of getting any food that day. In fact, the sentinels would not stand there stomch-free. They ensure that they can sustain without food when they undertake the task by eating before it.
Moreover, the guarding meerkats tend to stand near the burrows so that they can escape fast from predators once they attack, of course after alarming the group. The fact that they alarm the others puts the group under the danger of baffling