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The idea that stereotypic behaviours may help animals to cope with sub-optimal environments is not new e.g.[ 39- 41], but it is still a highly debated issue and evidence is sparse and contradictory.
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The clay, which contains aluminum and other minerals, may help the animals neutralize and digest the tannins.
But a team of scientists in Brazil now reports that the accessory organs are apparently normal in cetaceans and may help the animals keep their blood oxygen levels up while making deep dives.
However, in Tasmanian devils, less MHC may help the animals escape from the disease epidemic (Siddle et al. 2010).
This may help "lure" animals to the area.
Exploration may help the animal gain cues about their surroundings [ 11, 12], this in turn buffers the potential costs of dispersal.
One explanation, commonly known as the "coping hypothesis", is that stereotypic behaviours may help the animal to "cope" with unfavourable conditions, by providing an "enrichment" in the sub-optimal domestic situations [ 2] or by counteracting physical discomfort [ 3].
A version of this same trick may be helping animals like us to sense and understand the world by allowing us to use what we already know to predict as much of the current sensory data as possible.
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