https://padlet.com/jkwok27/uqja93fzulp9 By: James Kwok en-us 2016-07-10 22:34:34 UTC 2016-07-17 04:47:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png jkwok27 https://padlet.com/jkwok27/uqja93fzulp9/wish/116503882 2016-07-17 02:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jkwok27/uqja93fzulp9/wish/116503882 jkwok27 https://padlet.com/jkwok27/uqja93fzulp9/wish/116503889 Social behavior has many benefits but the attribute that this focuses on is protection. For example, in this picture to the right, the fish are in schools and this protects them from larger predators that may want to eat them. The saying goes: there are strength in numbers. There are types of how animals can exhibit social behavior. There are schooling, herding, flocking, and swarming. Animals evolved to be in groups in order for the smaller and weaker organisms to stand up against the strong animals that tend to live alone. For example, wolves move in packs, which tend to give them protection against strong and more powerful animals. I think that the benefits of social behavior are vast. Not only does social behavior provide protection but it has potential to accomplish more than one individual could ever do. This is shown by the tasks that an ant hill can accomplish compared to just a single ant.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoaling_and_schooling and Softchalks]]> 2016-07-17 02:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkwok27/uqja93fzulp9/wish/116503889