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>Rescue behaviour represents an extreme form of prosocial behaviour that has so far only been demonstrated in a few species. It refers to a situation when one i
by forgotmypw17 5y ago
>Rescue behaviour represents an extreme form of prosocial behaviour that has so far only been demonstrated in a few species. It refers to a situation when one individual acts to help another individual that finds itself in a dangerous or stressful situation and it is considered by some authors as a complex form of empathy.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/lone-goat-may-be-to-blame-for-new-jersey-escape-last-week https://www.foxnews.com/us/lone-goat-may-be-to-blame-for-new...
A goat who escaped a New Jersey livestock auction house more than a year ago may be the one to blame for helping more than 75 others escape, the facility’s manager said Thursday.
More than 75 goats and sheep escaped the Hackettstown Livestock Auction on Wednesday night. Hackettstown police officers responded to the scene and were able to herd up to 60 animals into their pen. About 15 animals were believed to be on the run still.
One goat who was able to escape the same auction house last year is believed to be behind the escape, according to the New York Post. The goat occasionally pops up around town.
After the escape, the goat showed up at the facility and headbutted the gate holding the animals that had been caught in an apparent effort to help them escape again, facility manager Bouwe Postma told the New York Post.
“It was him [last night],” Postma told the newspaper. “I think he’s the culprit. He must have banged that fence and let him out last night. I’m almost positive. He must have put a lot of force into that.”
The great escape came about a week after more than 100 goats escaped in a Boise, Idaho neighborhood.
- dbsmith83 5y ago> About 15 animals were believed to be on the run still Missed opportunity for an "on the lamb" pun
- Jgrubb 5y agoResident of the area reporting that the pun was deployed successfully in local media.
- ginko 5y agoHow is that even a pun that's supposed to work? 'lamb' sounds nothing like 'run'. (also young goats are called kids, but that's a bit too much hairsplitting even for me)
- dbsmith83 5y agoBeing "On the lam" means being on the run from the law
- necrotic_comp 5y agohttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/84871/why-do-criminals-go-lam https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/84871/why-do-criminals-g...
- CatAtHeart 5y agoIt's a pun on the phrase `on the lam` which means running away (from the law)
- francoisdevlin 5y agoThe article makes the joke in a caption
- dbsmith83 5y agoThank goodness. How could a journalist not make that joke with this story?
- lostlogin 5y ago“Kids these days” came to mind too.
- setgree 5y agoCame here to post this. I once heard a scientist say that humans were his favorite species because only we will run into a burning building to save others, especially others who are not kin. The thing is, it's just not true. We're only beginning to understand the inner lives of animals.
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