{"id":873,"date":"2024-07-04T13:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T11:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathildemartin-research.com\/?page_id=873"},"modified":"2025-12-29T21:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:25:37","slug":"meerkat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mathildemartin-research.com\/index.php\/meerkat\/","title":{"rendered":"Meerkat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#616f79;font-size:17px\">Team: \u2018Communication and Cognition in Social Mammals\u2019 Research group &#8211; Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich, Kalahari Research Centre, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies &#8211; Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics &#8211; University of Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div 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