ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION
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Question
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allow animals to follow one another
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attract the opposite sex in animals
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warn animals of possible predators
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Define the claimed area of specific organisms
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Detailed explanation-1: -It follows that a true territorial pheromone is a. substance deposited on a portion of the home range that induces. aversive or agonistic behavior in intruders belonging to the same. species.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bees, wasps, ants, moths and other insects rely largely upon pheromones as a means of communication. Pheromones are chemical substances which may be secreted in urine, dung or produced by special glands. They are usually given off by the female of the species to attract males.
Detailed explanation-3: -Scientists now suggest there are four kinds of human pheromones-primers, releasers, modulators and “signalers” that provide information to the recipient without directly altering behavior.
Detailed explanation-4: -From the most gregarious to the most solitary, all animals have to coordinate their activity with other members of their species if they are to survive and reproduce. This requires some form of communication, which for the majority of animals involves the use of chemical signals, known as pheromones.