ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION
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comparing how two rats in a lab react to a different type of food
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looking at how monkeys respond to different genres of music
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comparing how fish in 2 different tanks grow in different water temperatures
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playing a recording of a different species’ song and observing how this affects the development of baby robins in the wild
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Detailed explanation-1: -Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines it as “the scientific and objective study of animal behavior.” Animal behavior and ethology covers a range of scientific disciplines all concerned with what animals do and the neural mechanisms that enable them to do it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of insight learning in apes in the wild include chimpanzees “fishing” for termites. The animals place a “tool” such as a twig in a hole of termite mound, and the termites crawl onto the twig. Then the chimpanzee withdraws the twig from the hole and eats the termites.
Detailed explanation-3: -Behavioral ecology examines the ecological factors that drive behavioral adaptations. The subject considers how individuals find their food and avoid their enemies. For example, why do some birds migrate (see migration) while others are resident? Why do some animals, such as lions, live in groups…
Detailed explanation-4: -Instinct, imprinting, conditioning, and imitation are the four types of animal behavior.