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behave, while the bullies steal their
patents by copying their behavior.”
Once in a while, a newspaper or TV
program runs a story about animal personalities,
casting shy behavior as unseemly
and bold behavior as attractive
and admirable. (That’s our kind of fruit
fly!) But Wilson, like Aron, believes that
both types of animals exist because
they have radically different survival
strategies, each of which pays off differently
and at different times. This is
what’s known as the trade-off theory of
evolution, in which a particular trait is
neither all good nor all bad, but a mix
of pros and cons whose survival value
varies according to circumstance.
“Shy” animals forage less often and
widely for food, conserving energy,
sticking to the sidelines, and surviving
when predators come calling. Bolder
animals sally forth, swallowed regularly
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