Benefits of Social Behavior by Tyler Cauldwell [STUDENT] https://padlet.com/tyler_276597/hee_hee Made with serendipity en-us 2019-04-23 15:43:42 UTC 2019-04-23 16:03:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Elephants, why do they herd? tyler_276597 https://padlet.com/tyler_276597/hee_hee/wish/353424241 Elephants herd for many different reasons. For example, they need to protect their young at all costs, due to the fact that female elephants can have only 6 offspring in their lifetime. ]]> 2019-04-23 15:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_276597/hee_hee/wish/353424241 What kind of social behaviors can be beneficial? tyler_276597 https://padlet.com/tyler_276597/hee_hee/wish/353426301 For example, bees work together constantly in their hive, creating honey and feeding offspring. ]]> 2019-04-23 15:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_276597/hee_hee/wish/353426301 Is social behavior good in animals? tyler_276597 https://padlet.com/tyler_276597/hee_hee/wish/353426946 In short, yes. Many populations have proven effective by displaying many different types of social behaviors such as herding. In addition to that, most organisms are social to some extent and require interaction with another member of its species. For example, fish swim in schools to appear larger to predators, so they are preyed on less and they have better chances of surviving.]]> 2019-04-23 15:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_276597/hee_hee/wish/353426946 How does having lots of offspring affect the organism's chance of passing on its genes? tyler_276597 https://padlet.com/tyler_276597/hee_hee/wish/353428266 An example of an animal that produces many offspring could be a rabbit. Since rabbits are often preyed on by many other organisms, they have adapted to try and have as many offspring as possible to try to get them to survive. ]]> 2019-04-23 16:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler_276597/hee_hee/wish/353428266