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Reciprocal food sharing : ウィキペディア英語版 | Reciprocal food sharing
Reciprocal food sharing is a form of reciprocal altruism in which an individual animal gives up the food it has foraged to another individual. Food sharing has been observed in a wide range of animals, including insects, birds, cetaceans, vampire bats, and primates.〔Stevens, J.R. and I.C. Gilby. 2004. A conceptual framework for non-kin food sharing. Animal Behavior 67: 603-614〕 It is not always an active behavior; tolerance of theft may also be considered a form of food sharing (Stevens and Gilby). Not only does food sharing occur among members of the same family, but also among non-kin individuals as well, creating an interesting evolutionary question. ==Vampire bats==
Vampire bats, which primarily feed on livestock or other vertebrates, must obtain a meal every 48–72 hours or face starvation. On a given night, there are individuals that do not successfully feed. Fortunately for them, a successful individual may regurgitate their meal for the unsuccessful individual. For this trait to persist through evolution, a level of recognition is necessary among individuals. An altruistic bat may refuse to regurgitate blood for another bat that has not given blood to others in the past. The mechanism for this reaction is unknown.
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