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Title: Female baboons with 'boyfriends' live three years longer Written by: duddy on Sep 14, 2014 (https://biology-forums.com/gallery/47/12359_20_04_12_11_58_37.jpeg) (https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=2340) A study published by the Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Studies presents some of the first evidence showing the beneficial effects of opposite-sex friendships in the animal kingdom. According to the study, females that socialized with other females the most were 34 percent less likely to die in a given period than those who rarely interacted with other females, whereas socializing a lot with males lessened the chances of dying by 45 percent. |