AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Is a threatening behavior that one animal uses to gain control over another.
A
Pheromone
B
Territory
C
Aggression
D
Society
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The term agonistic behavior is sometimes used to subsume both threatening/attack behaviors and submissive, defensive, and withdrawal behaviors that also occur in social encounters.

Detailed explanation-2: -This behavior is called aggression. Aggression is a forceful behavior used to dominate or control another animal. Fighting and threatening are aggressive behaviors ani-mals use to defend their territories, pro-tect their young, or to get food. Many animals demonstrate aggres-sion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aggression is defined as threats or harmful actions directed toward another individual and can include threat displays, lunging, growling, snarling, snapping, and biting. “In animals, aggressive behaviors are a means of communication.” In animals, aggressive behaviors are a means of communication.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biologists commonly distinguish between two types of aggressive behaviour: predatory or antipredatory aggression, in which animals prey upon or defend themselves from other animals of different species, and intraspecific aggression, in which animals attack members of their own species.

Detailed explanation-5: -The three aggression types comprised reactive-expressive (i.e., verbal and physical aggression), reactive-inexpressive (e.g., hostility), and proactive-relational aggression (i.e., aggression that can break human relationships, for instance, by circulating malicious rumours).

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