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And there's some back and forth on this, but what some researchers are suggesting is that the jumpy-up that actually suggests that there's a rudimentary awareness of the mental state of others, and it's basically, they call it an evolutionary stepping stone towards a theory of mind. So it's basically suggesting that these prairie dogs are aware of their neighboring members, and they're aware of social stresses or observational stresses that they may be under, and this is the way for them to see how they react, right? Whether they're alert or not, stressed out or not, whatever the case is, and it can lead to other social activities to relieve them or not, depending on what the case is. But that's one of the...