ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION
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reflexes.
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instincts.
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learned behaviors.
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conditioning.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Instinct is a type of animal behaviour that need not be learned. A spider does not learn how to spin its web. It is born with the knowledge of web spinning. So, it is an instinctual behaviour.
Detailed explanation-2: -S2: Spinning of web by spiders is an example of reflex action.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Power of Instinctive Behaviors Examples of this include a dog shaking after it gets wet, a sea turtle seeking out the ocean after hatching, or a bird migrating before the winter season. In humans, many reflexes are examples of instinctive behaviors.
Detailed explanation-4: -Spider Physiology and Behaviour Spiders, having minute brains, were once considered simple, instinct-driven automatons, but research on spider biology is revealing increasing evidence of their cognitive abilities.