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The highly social animal usually travels in pods of a few individuals to 20 or more, NOAA said.
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Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Dogs are highly social animals that thrive on companionship, which is why some owners buy their pets their own pet.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
An international team of researchers proposed that third-party imitation should probably prevail in social animals whose social behavioral repertoire varies within and across populations.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The elephants are highly social animals and live in multigenerational family groups in the wild.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Dogs are highly social animals that thrive on companionship, which is why some owners buy their pets their own pet.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
An international team of researchers proposed that third-party imitation should probably prevail in social animals whose social behavioral repertoire varies within and across populations.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The elephants are highly social animals and live in multigenerational family groups in the wild.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Social animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20animal. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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