One type of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans feeds alone, another in aggregates. The neurobiological underpinnings of these behaviours are now being revealed at the molecular level.
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Sokolowski, M. Social eating for stress. Nature 419, 893–894 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419893a
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