Squirrels network like facebook friends
source: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/03/21/squirrel-social-network.html
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The squirrel world has its own Kevin Bacon -- a socially well-connected individual dubbed Mercedes by the scientist who studies him.
The major difference between human and squirrel social networks is that people, as the conventional wisdom goes, appear to be "separated" by five or six degrees. For squirrels, it takes only three connections for one member of a population to get to any other.
The discovery that squirrels have social networks not only illustrates the complexities of animal behavior, but also says something about the properties shared by all networks.
The major difference between human and squirrel social networks is that people, as the conventional wisdom goes, appear to be "separated" by five or six degrees. For squirrels, it takes only three connections for one member of a population to get to any other.
The discovery that squirrels have social networks not only illustrates the complexities of animal behavior, but also says something about the properties shared by all networks.
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