Examples of social animal in a Sentence
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Getting in Sync Humans, like other social animals, have a propensity to sync their behaviors.
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Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Belugas are social animals that hunt and travel together in pods.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
Researchers think this new behavior is a fad, like many others by the highly intelligent and social animals.
—Naomi Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
Orcas are clever, social animals that can learn new behaviors from each other.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
Other social animals also use similar cues to recognize one another.
—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
Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Belugas are social animals that hunt and travel together in pods.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
Researchers think this new behavior is a fad, like many others by the highly intelligent and social animals.
—Naomi Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
Orcas are clever, social animals that can learn new behaviors from each other.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
Other social animals also use similar cues to recognize one another.
—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
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“Social animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20animal. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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