Examples of social animal in a Sentence
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Other social animals also use similar cues to recognize one another.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2023
Because bats are social animals that tend to roost together and form colonies, rabies spreads easily among them.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
The highly social animals spend most of their time lying together in the wild, so rescuers wanted to reproduce those conditions as much as possible by providing human companions for the pup to snuggle, Goertz added.
—Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
These highly social animals are mainly found in offshore waters located over continental shelves, traveling in large pods of 25-100 individuals.
—Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
Human beings are social animals, and meetings in person matter.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
Pilot whales, which are highly social animals, often have close relationships with their pods throughout their lives.
—Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
Humans are deeply social animals that thrive in collectives.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2023
They get caught up in fads, including ramming boats
Orcas are intelligent and intensely social animals that pick up behaviors from fellow orcas.
—Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2023
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2023
Because bats are social animals that tend to roost together and form colonies, rabies spreads easily among them.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
The highly social animals spend most of their time lying together in the wild, so rescuers wanted to reproduce those conditions as much as possible by providing human companions for the pup to snuggle, Goertz added.
—Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
These highly social animals are mainly found in offshore waters located over continental shelves, traveling in large pods of 25-100 individuals.
—Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
Human beings are social animals, and meetings in person matter.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
Pilot whales, which are highly social animals, often have close relationships with their pods throughout their lives.
—Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
Humans are deeply social animals that thrive in collectives.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2023
They get caught up in fads, including ramming boats
Orcas are intelligent and intensely social animals that pick up behaviors from fellow orcas.
—Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2023
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“Social animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20animal. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.
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