Just as the title suggests, how do animals that will run other animals out of their territory define where the territory starts and stops? With humans we have very obvious signs such as fences and borders to define territories. How does it work with less intelligent animals?
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Note that cats can form complex boundaries. They for example “agree” that the passageway behind the houses belong to no-cat and is shared, but that as soon as you enter a garden you get attacked.
In the end you control that which you can defend. Urban jungles already have lots of natural markers which animals use as boundaries. Defending a flat plain requires lots of patrolling. Defending an enclosed valley (or a walled garden) is much easier.
The only advantage people have is we reshape the landscape to make it easier to defend. Animals just have to do with what there is.
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