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In line with the higher standards, which are monitored via regular site visits, New Back 40 built new facilities that gave extra space to the sows rather than isolation stalls, stopped using hormones and antibiotics, and added toys for these intelligent, social animals.
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Christine Ro, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Horses are social animals who relate to each other and their human handlers.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Orcas are highly social animals, and killer whales in the Southern Resident clan are known for behaviors that reinforce social connections, such as elaborate greeting ceremonies.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Edmontosaurus was a social animal that lived in herds, which researchers know because specimens are often found together in groups, having died out around the same time in droughts and other weather disasters.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
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Christine Ro, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Horses are social animals who relate to each other and their human handlers.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Orcas are highly social animals, and killer whales in the Southern Resident clan are known for behaviors that reinforce social connections, such as elaborate greeting ceremonies.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Edmontosaurus was a social animal that lived in herds, which researchers know because specimens are often found together in groups, having died out around the same time in droughts and other weather disasters.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Social animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20animal. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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