ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION
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Wolves mark their territories by urinating at the boundaries.
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Poisonous snakes wind around each other and but heads.
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Hyenas give off odor that keeps different clans of hyenas apart.
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The skunk releases a rotten odor when it is threatened.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What are examples of pheromones? An example of pheromones is Bombykol, which is used by Wild Silk Moths from the species Bombyx mandarina. Female moths secrete bombykol to trigger sexual responses in male moths.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pheromones are chemicals produced by one species that affects the physiology or behavior of animals of the same species. Pheromones assist in reproduction, feeding, social interactions and maternal-neonatal bonding in mammals. By definition and according to evolutionary theory, pheromones work within a species.
Detailed explanation-3: -Except Python, all other snakes are highly poisonous in nature.
Detailed explanation-4: -Poisonous snakes include vipers, rattlesnakes, cobras, kraits, mambas, and the American coral snake. Pit vipers are the snakes of most concern in North America. The rattlesnakes, moccasins, cottonmouths, and copperheads account for 95% of the annual snakebites in the United States.