Friendship could be key to longer life for animals, say researchers

Friendships could be the key to longer life in the animal kingdom, researchers have suggested. Pic: Dave Hudson/PA Wire

Friendships could be the key to longer life in the animal kingdom, researchers have suggested.

They said there is “strong evidence” that social bonds are beneficial for the survival of so-called slow-living species – which includes humans as well as the likes of badgers and hyenas.