Subordinate animals as guinea pigs

Subordinate animals must face higher risks than dominant ones Dominant meerkat females yield to their subaltern group members when faced with a dangerous obstacle: as a group of these animals reaches a road, a "guinea pig" has to go first. This is the result of a behavioural study conducted by researchers from the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich.

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