Squirrels Network without Facebook

Posted on March 25, 2008 at 3:50 pm.
Filed Under Nature |

SquirrelA new study on a colony of 65 ground squirrels revealed that Squirrels are connected, on average, by three degrees of separation, meaning any two squirrels could be connected by three intermediate animals. Most of the connections were between mating squirrels and their families. But friendship, too, exists in the squirrel world. The study was conducted by Theodore Manno, a biologist at Auburn University in Alabama. It is notable that Human social network is separated by six degrees.

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