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Animals avoid sick individuals to prevent disease spread.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that animals avoid sick individuals to prevent disease spread?

Unclear. Several sources describe animals avoiding or expelling sick or infected individuals as a disease-avoidance behavior, but these are examples and hypotheses rather than a general demonstration that animals broadly avoid sick individuals to prevent disease spread.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 5 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 5
These wild animals also practice social distancing to avoid getting sick | National Geographic
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These wild animals also practice social distancing to avoid getting sick | National Geographic. (n.d.). nationalgeographic.com. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/quarantine-social-distancing-bee-chimpanzees

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Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
2019
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Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. (2019). play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=O5lnDwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

Monkey Pox Symptom Identification, Cause, Treatment and Infection Control Prevention
2024
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Monkey Pox Symptom Identification, Cause, Treatment and Infection Control Prevention. (2024). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.20473/jbmv.v13i2.64334

Proactive strategies to avoid infectious disease
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Proactive strategies to avoid infectious disease. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0170

Disgust in animals and the application of disease avoidance to wildlife management and conservation
2023
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Disgust in animals and the application of disease avoidance to wildlife management and conservation. (2023). mnhn.hal.science. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13903

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