Wallflower or daredevil: Personality of male primates changes throughout life
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 12:31
in Biology & Nature
One individual is wild and audacious, the other one shy and cautious. It is widely unknown why there are major differences in personality even within a species. Scientists have now studied how male mouse lemurs are shy when young and grow more audacious as they age. Females remain about the same throughout their lifecycle.