Warren Kinston
4. November 2012 02:00
Can we care for each other? Perhaps not if you are a male rat.
A study published in the prestigious journal Science (334:1427-1430, 2011) revealed that rats display empathy for each other. In other words, they actively care about the suffering of a fellow rat. In the experiment, the rats not only learned how to free a trapped cage-mate but shared their chocolate with them.
If rats can display empathy, surely people can.
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