Investigating Living Things -Animals

Living things interact with one another in the environment. An animal interacts with plants and other animals.
Two common forms of interaction among animals:

• Competition
• Cooperation among animals

There are animals which live alone or live in groups. The animals that live alone are also known as 'Solitary animals'. 

There are reasons why animals live in groups or solitary. 

-Why animals live alone:

• To avoid competition for food, space and more things.
• -To move around quietly without attracting any attention. With no noise which attracts their prey, their prey would not notice its enemie.

-Why animals live in groups:

• To have cooperation with each other for protection.
• For protection. 
• For food. They can work together to look for food.