We found that the dominant female is mostly the one who leads the group to the road, but when it comes to crossing it, crossing the road, she gives way to the subordinates, a manner of saying, "Go ahead, tell me if it's safe." What I didn't know, in fact, was what rules in their behavior the meerkats follow for this change at the edge of the group to happen and if simple rules were sufficient to explain it.
Descubrimos que la hembra dominante es generalmente la única que guía al grupo a la ruta, pero al momento de cruzarla, deja pasar a los subordinados, como diciendo, "Adelante, díganme si es seguro". Lo que yo no sabía era qué reglas de comportamiento seguían las suricatas para que este cambio tenga lugar y si podía explicarse con reglas simples.