Mobs are, sometimes, good

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 11:51 in Psychology & Sociology

Submitting to mob mentality is always a risky endeavor, for humans or hyenas. A new Michigan State University study focusing on the latter, though, shows that when it comes to battling for food, mobbing can be beneficial. The findings, featured in the journal Current Zoology, fully describe for the first time, cooperative behavior during fights […]

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