Shit! That video is Robert Sapolsky’s lecture. I have something like an “intellectual” crush on him. He has done pioneering works in behavioural science, and at the intersection of human physiology and psychology. One of his books “Why Zebra’s Don’t Get Ulcers” is entirely on the various effects of psychological stress on the human body.
He observed the same group of baboons for 25 years to understand their behaviour. Each year he used to spend 4 months with this group and observe them for more than 8 hours a day. “A Primate’s Memoir” is another book on this. Recently he wrote “Behave”, on the deterministic nature of human behaviour, tracing “aggression” back to the evolutionary reasons.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 week ago
www.science.org/…/mole-rat-caste-lives-good-life
sk@forums.utsukta.org 1 week ago
found the paper
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=Qpc4puUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=Qpc4puUAAAAJ:d1gkVwhDpl0C
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Next life goals: request to be fat naked mole rat at the pearly gates.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
If you get to the Pearly Gates as a fat mole rat, point out to St Peter that with climate change and rising ocean levels, Heaven may need your attributes soon.
Dave@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
This says there are fat naked mole rats, but it says their role is to connect to other naked mole rats communities by digging when the ground is soft from rain. That’s quite different from the claim that their role is to block the tunnels to stop them flooding.
Nooodel@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Isn’t give the passage that states anything about blocking passages from rain though…