social animal
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Considering all this, can a brilliant, social animal possibly lead a rich, full life in captivity — especially if she is largely separated from others of her kind?
From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022
But for any social animal, keeping one’s distance comes with a cost.
From Scientific American • Feb. 21, 2022
We’ve been a social animal whose survival has depended upon human co-operation for hundreds of thousands of years.
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2019
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
According to this theory Homo sapiens is primarily a social animal.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
