Boron Elgar > wrote:
>On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:27:33 +0000 (UTC),
>>It's instinctive for those gravely ill to wander off away from
>>other members of their species. This is an adaptation that
>>helps prevent their possibly communicable disease condition
>>from spreading.
>I would think that assuming a species hangs around together, a group
>would avoid or leave behind hose who are wounded or infirm, as they
>either hinder or add nothing to food gathering and additionally, are
>more likely to attract predators....
Good point. That's another reason for the same or similar adaptation.
However I will hedge and say these evolutinary biology predictions
can be quite devilish to actually prove, even if the subject
behavior is observed. Like maybe impossible.
Steve