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What Helps Animals Survive Sudden Change

Animals are adapting to rapid environmental changes through behavioral flexibility, allowing immediate adjustments in feeding and movement without genetic shifts. While this aids survival, studies suggest high flexibility can slow physical evolution by reducing selection pressure. This adaptability, seen in lemurs, urban birds, and mice, also drives diversification and can even influence physical evolution.

25 Apr 2026 3:55 pm