social animal
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Like humans, Hvaldi is a large-brained, highly social animal.
From Scientific American • Jun. 6, 2023
He was a social animal, not a gym monkey.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2022
The artist’s hair is abundant, his mustache turned up jauntily, his eyes full of the spirited scrutiny and impatience of a consummate social animal.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2016
“Breeding is a natural, fundamental and important part of an animal’s life and depriving a social animal of the right to reproduce is inhumane,” the park said.
From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2015
According to this theory Homo sapiens is primarily a social animal.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
