# behav: a "Snack Friends Effect" (to get some pulses) also among spotted Hyenas

<< When it comes to advancing social status, it's not what you know, it's who you know-for humans and spotted hyenas alike. >>

Layne Cameron.  For hyenas, there's no 'I' in clan. Michigan State University.  Mar 11, 2019.

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-03-hyenas-clan.html

Eli D. Strauss, Kay E. Holekamp. Social alliances improve rank and fitness in convention-based societies.  PNAS Mar 11, 2019. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1810384116.

https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/03/05/1810384116

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# life: the "Snack Friends Effect" on careers to get some pulses, by Matthew. Mar 13, 2019.

https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/2019/03/life-friends-effect-on-careers-to-get.html