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Published online 3 July 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070702-4
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Generosity among rats
Rats do unto others as they have been done to.
Rats that benefit from the charity of others are more likely to help strangers get a free meal, researchers have found.
This phenomenon, known as 'generalized reciprocity', has only ever been seen before in humans.
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