Humans often wonder why organisms and/or individuals do what they do and why. However, this is no easy question to answer. But modern research and studies are beginning to get a handle on the complexity of organism behavior and their reasons for acting the way they do. A good approach to understand this topic is to relate the situation to humans and our economic actions; organisms act as economic agents. It is well known …showed first 75 words of 935 total…

…showed last 75 words of 935 total…existence is to create models and develop theories. Models allow us to mathematically and spatially understand some of these concepts, and the theories we try to postulate give a way for humans to relate to the workings of other organisms. As this article has discussed, whether foraging for food, hiding from a predator, or just surviving among other individuals, organisms will always take on the optimally beneficial action or behavior. <Tab/>