social animal
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Rather, it appears to have been a social animal that worked in packs.
From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2023
But for any social animal, keeping one’s distance comes with a cost.
From Scientific American • Feb. 21, 2022
A social animal that feels itself to be isolated from its kind begins to behave nervously and experiences unhealthy physiological responses.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2015
"Breeding is a natural, fundamental and important part of an animal's life and depriving a social animal of the right to reproduce is inhumane", said SeaWorld San Diego Park President John Reilly.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2015
According to this theory Homo sapiens is primarily a social animal.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
