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Article History

Received: 11 August 2025

Revised: 9 April 2026

Accepted: 5 May 2026

First Online: 3 June 2026

Declarations

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: The research was conducted under a national South African Sect. 20 research permit and trapping and observation was approved by the animal research ethics committee of the University of the Witwatersrand (AREC23/08/005). The use of animals adhered to the guidelines set forth by the Animal Behavior Society/Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.

: All text was first written and edited by us. Selected sections of the introduction and discussion were refined in ChatGPT using the prompt “Act as a scientific editor; Change the text below to read better; Also correct any grammatical errors; Keep it short and precise; Suggest all changes and mark them for me to review.” The suggested changes were then reviewed and incorporated only when they improved the manuscript. The new version was then still read and edited by three of the authors (CS, NP and LM).

: The authors declare no competing interests.