Animal Personality

Frontiers by BBC

Dec 10, 201427:58Science & Medicine

Professor Adam Hart explores the newest area in the science of animal behaviour - the study of personality variation within species as diverse as chimpanzees, wandering albatrosses, sharks and sea anemones. What can this...

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