Hyenas know: It's best to make friends of friends

Friday, May 15, 2015 - 12:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Bonding with a friend of a friend is something most humans gravitate toward naturally, or at least Facebook likes to think so every time it suggests friends for you to 'friend.' But a certain four-legged predator, the spotted hyena, seems to know the benefits of this type of social bonding instinctively, according to a new study.

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