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For Acemoglu and Ozdalgar’s Networks class (6.207/14.15) I am writing my term paper on the producer-scrounger game. The producer-scrounger game is just one application of game theory to animal behavior. Last year I took Animal Behavior (9.20) and I really enjoyed it. After learning about evolutionary game theory in 14.15, I became even more intrigued. The producer-scrounger game is a game within social foraging. Individual animals decide (or evolution decides for them) whether to look for food themselves, or exploit others’ discoveries. There is plenty of literature on the subject, I would recommend Dugatkin’s book Game Theory and Animal Behavior. This field is great for anyone interested in 7 and 14