The tortoises are back! 🐢 New study in collaboration with @elisabettaversace.bsky.social and Gionata Stancher now available: "Sex, not familiarity, shapes social interactions in adult captive tortoises (Testudo hermanni)" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Social cohesion varies across species. Solitary animals minimise social contact to reduce costs such as resource competition, aggression, and disease transmission. Solitary Testudo hatchlings can rely...
