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Rats depend on the kindness of strangers, well, strange rats

by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 8, 2007 | Altruism, Rats

Giving help to a stranger without expecting anything in return is supposed to be a problem for evolution–if this kind of altruism doesn’t help your family and it has no immediate reward, surely it costs the individual animal too much to bother? We know...

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