Mongooses Grooming (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Mongooses Grooming

Caption

Dwarf mongooses reward individuals who perform cooperative sentinel behaviour (acting as a raised guard) by grooming them when they return to the burrow in the evening.

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Megan Shersby

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