I wonder why you don't ask questions. I know I would if you wrote what I did above.
I could add more, like any data that makes it to peer review, is generally old, how old becomes the question.
I could tell you how peer review works with some recent research on behavior(social) and Az. Black rattlesnakes(cerbs) It was a non contact, non interference study, and it revealed huge amounts of important data. But there was a problem with the advisors, The authors used photograghs and illustrations to id individuals, but the advisors were wanted bloodwork to positively id individuals. To take blood, you are required to interfere with the animals and their behavior. So to appease the advisors, you impact the animals and the colony and the results.
Heres the deal. Its behavior(ethology) the rules of behavior are not about exact or positive Id's, Behavior is trends, not tight information, instead loose.
On our level, attempting to make behavior tight, like they DO THIS AND THEY DO THAT, will only confuse you and hold you back from learning. What I am attempting to get across to you is, Peer review is very weak in the area of behavior and its based on their own prejudice(how they think) and exacting rules of study, that do not WORK at all for understanding behavior. End this part.

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