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

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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
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Debottam BHATTACHARJEE Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health Alan Gerard MCELLIGOTT Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Media name/outlet	City University of Hong Kong - NewsCentre
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Web
Producer/Author	Michael Gibb
Date	11/12/24
Link	https://www.cityu.edu.hk/media/news/2024/12/11/feral-female-buffalo-build-friendships-based-similar-personality-traits-suggest-animal-welfare-experts-cityuhk

Title	Buffalo besties: Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Debottam BHATTACHARJEE Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health Alan Gerard MCELLIGOTT Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Media name/outlet	Science Daily
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Web
Date	11/12/24
Link	https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241205142633.htm

Title	Buffalos build friendships based on similar personality traits
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Debottam BHATTACHARJEE Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health Alan Gerard MCELLIGOTT Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Media name/outlet	earth.com
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Web
Date	9/12/24
Link	https://www.earth.com/news/buffalos-build-friendships-based-on-similar-personality-traits/

Title	Female water buffalo are building friendships
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Debottam BHATTACHARJEE Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health Alan Gerard MCELLIGOTT Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Media name/outlet	dvm360.com
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Web
Date	9/12/24
Link	https://www.dvm360.com/view/female-water-buffalo-are-building-friendships

Title	Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits, study reveals
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Debottam BHATTACHARJEE Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health Alan Gerard MCELLIGOTT Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Media name/outlet	MSN新聞
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Web
Date	6/12/24
Link	https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/feral-female-buffalo-build-friendships-based-on-similar-personality-traits-study-reveals/ar-AA1vlFop

Title	Wild Water Buffalo Have Friends Of Similar Personalities
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Debottam BHATTACHARJEE Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health Alan Gerard MCELLIGOTT Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Media name/outlet	IFL Science
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Web
Date	6/12/24
Link	https://www.iflscience.com/wild-water-buffalo-have-friends-of-similar-personalities-77112

Title	Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits, study reveals
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Debottam BHATTACHARJEE Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health Alan Gerard MCELLIGOTT Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Media name/outlet	Phys.org
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Web
Date	5/12/24
Link	https://phys.org/news/2024-12-feral-female-buffalo-friendships-based.html

Title	Buffalo besties: Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits
Persons	Kate Jade FLAY Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Debottam BHATTACHARJEE Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health Alan Gerard MCELLIGOTT Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Media name/outlet	EurekAlert
Place	Hong Kong
Media type	Web
Date	5/12/24
Link	https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1066608