Reposted by @social-ethologist.bsky.social
When the climate shifts, caribou make decisions about where they migrate—showing that they understand risk & use their knowledge to collectively make decisions to lower risks for the herd: “a pretty clear and dramatic example of the concrete importance of social memory.”
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Migration memory: How caribou adapt to changing winter conditions
A study published in Global Change Biology shows that caribou will optimize their migration path based on their collective memories.