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BAYER1 has shown that the presence of a hungry hen can increase the food consumption of a well-fed hen by as much as 60 per cent. This social facilitation has also been observed in fish2, rats3 and apes4. It is now reported in grazing sheep.
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TRIBE, D. Influence of Pregnancy and Social Facilitation on the Behaviour of the Grazing Sheep. Nature 166, 74 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166074a0
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