ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION
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A bird building a nest
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Blinking when something gets in your face
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Your leg moving when the doctor taps your knee
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Detailed explanation-1: -Making nest by birds, web spinning by spider, etc., are examples of instinctual behaviour of animals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nest-building is not just instinctive but is a skill that birds learn from experience, research suggests. University scientists filmed male Southern Masked Weaver birds, in Botswana, building multiple nests out of grass during a breeding season.
Detailed explanation-3: -Both pecking and feeding behaviors are innate. Right: When these baby birds open their mouths wide, their mother instinctively feeds them. This innate behavior is called gaping. Another example of innate behavior in birds is egg rolling.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ostriches, most tinamous, many ducks, most shorebirds, most terns, some falcons, pheasants, quail, partridges, bustards and sandgrouse are among the species that build scrape nests.
Detailed explanation-5: -Birds have a remarkable homing instinct, allowing them to return to the same area year after year, even when their migration takes them halfway around the world. How this remarkable feat is accomplished has been the topic of many studies.