Research indicates both high cognitive abilities and explorative behavior are linked to increased lifespan in wild gray mouse lemurs.
Through a series of cognitive and personality tests, applied to 198 lemurs, the team found that those with superior cognitive performance demonstrated less exploratory behavior, while more explorative lemurs had higher weights, likely due to finding food more efficiently. This led to the conclusion that these two distinct approaches could both extend the lemurs’ lifespans.
Future research will delve into how these cognitive abilities might influence other behaviors such as food finding and mating strategies.
