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means to be Sociable or need others around them
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hunkalove · 61-69, M
I would say it's more like being loud and obnoxious. I've never heard it used in a positive way.
FurryFace · 61-69, M
@hunkalove Sociality
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"Social animal" redirects here. For other uses, see Social animal (disambiguation).
Gray wolves hunting in a presocial pack encircle an American bison.
Sociality is the degree to which individuals in an animal population tend to associate in social groups (gregariousness) and form cooperative societies.
Sociality is a survival response to evolutionary pressures.[1] For example, when a mother wasp stays near her larvae in the nest, parasites are less likely to eat the larvae.[2] Biologists suspect that pressures from parasites and other predators selected this behavior in wasps of the family Vespidae.
This wasp behaviour evidences the most fundamental characteristic of animal sociality: parental investment. Parental investment is any expenditure of resources (time, energy, social capital) to benefit one's offspring. Parental investment detracts from a parent's capacity to invest in future reproduction and aid to kin (including other offspring). An animal that cares for its young but shows no other sociality traits is said to be subsocial.
An animal that exhibits a high degree of sociality is called a social animal. The highest degree of sociality recognized by sociobiologists is eusociality. A eusocial taxon is one that exhibits overlapping adult generations, reproductive division of labor, cooperative care of young, and—in the most refined cases—a biological caste system.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
"Social animal" redirects here. For other uses, see Social animal (disambiguation).
Gray wolves hunting in a presocial pack encircle an American bison.
Sociality is the degree to which individuals in an animal population tend to associate in social groups (gregariousness) and form cooperative societies.
Sociality is a survival response to evolutionary pressures.[1] For example, when a mother wasp stays near her larvae in the nest, parasites are less likely to eat the larvae.[2] Biologists suspect that pressures from parasites and other predators selected this behavior in wasps of the family Vespidae.
This wasp behaviour evidences the most fundamental characteristic of animal sociality: parental investment. Parental investment is any expenditure of resources (time, energy, social capital) to benefit one's offspring. Parental investment detracts from a parent's capacity to invest in future reproduction and aid to kin (including other offspring). An animal that cares for its young but shows no other sociality traits is said to be subsocial.
An animal that exhibits a high degree of sociality is called a social animal. The highest degree of sociality recognized by sociobiologists is eusociality. A eusocial taxon is one that exhibits overlapping adult generations, reproductive division of labor, cooperative care of young, and—in the most refined cases—a biological caste system.
FurryFace · 61-69, M
@hunkalove Adjective
gregarious (comparative more gregarious, superlative most gregarious)
(of a person) Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
(zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
(botany) Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
Pertaining to a flock or crowd.
Synonyms
(of a person who enjoys being in crowds): outgoing, sociable, social
gregarious (comparative more gregarious, superlative most gregarious)
(of a person) Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
(zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
(botany) Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
Pertaining to a flock or crowd.
Synonyms
(of a person who enjoys being in crowds): outgoing, sociable, social