A study conducted by researchers from the University of Southern California recorded and described a curious social behavior between mice. Research shows that they are able to provide first aid in mates identified as inactive, emulating actions that resemble mouth-to-mouth breath, for example.
They can identify others who are unconscious or have low responsiveness and, as has already been reported in other mammalian species such as primates and elephants, have an aid behavior. The rats tend to approach precisely to the mates who appear to be vulnerable, giving pads and start smelling, licking and biting his mouth in an attempt to revive the combined animal.
Who coordinates this action is the medial amygdala, an area of ​​the brain in was recorded a variation in neural activity between the agreed and sedated rats during the experiment. It is precisely she who activates the behavior of rescuer rats with actions in her head, as shown in the study Published in Science Magazine on Friday (21).
There is still no scientific literature capable of explaining the behavior in detail, relating the action of mice with what is observed in other species or indicating whether there is a scientific justification for empathy within the same species.
What was observed in the study, however, was the fact that even puppies, which had never witnessed this kind of behavior, also engaged in the mission of saving combined companions – which indicates that this type of behavior can be instinctive, instead of being something the rat learns socially during life.
“Our findings therefore suggest that animals exhibit resuscitation -like emergency responses and that assisting non -responsive group members can be a widely present innate behavior between social animals,” says an excerpt from the study.
This content was originally published in rats make first aid in companions of species, says study on the website CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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