Strength in numbers
Groups can work together to find and secure this essential resource
What is food?
What is food?
More individuals packed together increase the risk of this spreading
What are diseases/parasites?
Finding this vital partner may be harder when living alone
What is a mate?
This benefit of group living makes it harder for predators to catch a single individual
What is safety in numbers?
Solitary living reduces the risk of this.
What are diseases/parasites?
What is competition for food?
What is safety in numbers?
In some species, living in groups ensures more success in this, which increases the survival of genes.
What is reproduction?
Living alone allows this animal to avoid battles over food, mates, or territory, saving them this.
What is energy?
Group living can increase visibility to predators, reducing this defense.
What is stealth?
Unlike group-living species where member help protect or feed offspring, solitary animals must do this on their own.
What is care for their young?
This effect describes how an individual's chance of being eaten decreases when in groups because predators can only catch so many.
What is the dilution effect?
Solitary living makes some species more efficient in this.
What is hunting?
In some group-living species, dominant individuals kill the offspring of some females to reduce competition for resources or mating.
What is infanticide?
Solitary animals lack this group advantage, which helps detect predators more quickly.
What is many eyes watching for danger?