Contrafreeloading
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Contrafreeloading is an observed behavior in which an organism, when offered a choice between provided food or food that requires effort to obtain, prefers the food that requires effort.
The term was coined in 1963 by
chimpanzees. The only animal that did not display similar behavior was the domesticated cat, which preferred to be served.[2] [3]
References
- PMID 13957621.
- S2CID 72716450.
- ^ "Domestic cats (Felis catus) prefer freely available food over food that requires effort", Delgado et al 2021
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