Altruism And Meerkats

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The lecturer counters the author's ideas about the altruism by listing a series of facts that debunk the basis of the reading, i.e. the examples regarding the meerkats and human beings. The main pontspoints are described and summarized herein.

The author of the reading sustains that the sentinalsentinel of a group of meerkats, animal found in green lands in Africa, is a great example of altruism behavior as they perform the task of surveillance others before eating. However, the professor, based on a closely study on meerkats, explains that the eating habit of this animal is to consume their food before hunting.

Furthermore, still discussing about meerkats, the reading highlights the selfness character of sentinels by saying they are more

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