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Most large-scale livestock herds today live on ranches.

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Goats, sheep, and llamas, for instance, live in herds as a form of protection.

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- https://www.cpp.edu/~ftang/courses/CS599-DI/notes/papers/herding.pdf
- https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/137494/concepts/herding-behaviour/
- https://www.investopedia.com/university/behavioral_finance/behavioral8.asp
- https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/how-does-social-behavior-evolve-13260245
- https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/herding/

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- protection from predators
- more survival when together
- less chance of losing an individual
- can fight off predators
- maintains health and quantity

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Herding decreases the chance of a individual getting killed rather than an individual being alone and eaten

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Herding helps fight and protect themselves against predators

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-Makes decisions as a whole not alone

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Herding behavior is when a group of individuals reflect the same actions of a larger group. Certain decisions that the herd is faced with often are made as a whole and not on ones own.