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Dr Jaclyn Aliperti, an ecologist at the University of California Davis, said: “This adds to the small but growing number of studies showing individuals matter.”
She saw the squirrels on the campus as individuals. “I say ‘Who are you? Where are you going? What are you up to?’ rather than looking at them on a species level.
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