Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits, suggest animal welfare experts at CityUHK

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A new study by researchers at CityUHK investigating a unique free-ranging feral population of water buffalo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong has discovered that close spatial proximity serves as an indicator of friendship based on the predictive patterns of certain personality traits.

Period	5 Dec 2024 → 11 Dec 2024

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Title	Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits, suggest animal welfare experts at CityUHK
Media name/outlet	City University of Hong Kong - NewsCentre
Media type	Web
Place	Hong Kong, China
Date	11/12/24
Producer/Author	Michael Gibb
URL	https://www.cityu.edu.hk/en/media/news/2024/12/11/feralfemalebuffalobuildfriendshipsbasedsimilarpersonalitytraitssuggestanimalwelfareexpertscityuhk
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY, Debottam BHATTACHARJEE, Alan G. McElligott

Title	Buffalo besties: Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits
Media name/outlet	Science Daily
Media type	Web
Place	Hong Kong, China
Date	11/12/24
URL	https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241205142633.htm
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY, Debottam BHATTACHARJEE, Alan G. McElligott

Title	Buffalos build friendships based on similar personality traits
Media name/outlet	earth.com
Media type	Web
Place	Hong Kong, China
Date	9/12/24
URL	https://www.earth.com/news/buffalos-build-friendships-based-on-similar-personality-traits/
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY, Debottam BHATTACHARJEE, Alan G. McElligott

Title	Female water buffalo are building friendships
Media name/outlet	dvm360.com
Media type	Web
Place	Hong Kong, China
Date	9/12/24
URL	https://www.dvm360.com/view/female-water-buffalo-are-building-friendships
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY, Debottam BHATTACHARJEE, Alan G. McElligott

Title	Wild Water Buffalo Have Friends Of Similar Personalities
Media name/outlet	IFL Science
Media type	Web
Place	Hong Kong, China
Date	6/12/24
URL	https://www.iflscience.com/wild-water-buffalo-have-friends-of-similar-personalities-77112
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY, Debottam BHATTACHARJEE, Alan G. McElligott

Title	Buffalo besties: Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits
Media name/outlet	EurekAlert
Media type	Web
Place	Hong Kong, China
Date	5/12/24
URL	https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1066608
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY, Debottam BHATTACHARJEE, Alan G. McElligott

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