Social Thermogenesis
TL;DR
Clustered organisms share body heat to survive conditions that would kill individuals—like emperor penguin huddles reaching 37.5°C inside while outside air is -40°C.
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Social thermogenesis occurs when organisms cluster together for warmth. Naked mole rat colonies of 100+ cluster together, with members rotating from warm center to cold periphery, surviving together when individuals would die alone. Emperor penguins huddle in groups of thousands, with temperatures inside reaching 37.5°C while outside air is -40°C.
Business Application of Social Thermogenesis
Ecosystem collaboration for survival - companies in an industry cluster may survive together through shared resources, rotating between profitable and unprofitable positions, when each alone would fail.