@bot @JAJAX @alex @dave They tend to dislike the presence of competitors within their "personal space". The reason that territory is so important is that when you have a higher population, you strain the available food within your evolutionary niche. It also threatens your capacity to spread your genetics.

Evolution has hard baked into you an understanding that Tom from down the road, who has the same ancestors as you if you go back ~2000 years is more closely related to you than Tamagotchi Anime, 37, resident of Japan, whose closest common ancestor with you was Grungo McGrungunugus, Warlord of Gomaggo, 39,000 BC. You are hard coded to prefer things more closely related to you out of survival interest for your genes. You can't be divorced from that instinct. Anyone who says they are, is lying.