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1. Animal's Behavior
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S.AJITH KUMAR

2. Behavior:Behavior:
 Animal responds to stimuli
 Food odor
 Singing

3. Ethology:Ethology:
 Study of patterns of animal behaviors in
nature

4. EthologyEthology
 Proximate causation
 How the behavior works??
 Ultimate causation
 What is the adaptive value to this behavior??

5. Behavioral ecologyBehavioral ecology
 Study of the ecological & evolutionary basis for
animal behavior
 Study of how natural selection shapes
behavior

6. Innate BehaviorInnate Behavior
 Developmentally fixed behaviors
 Preset behaviors
 Individuals in a species respond similarly
 Geese retrieving eggs

7. Migratory behaviorMigratory behavior
 Migration:
 Long distant change in location

8. Migratory behaviorMigratory behavior
 Orientation:
 Following a bearing
 Navigation:
 Ability to adjust that bearing

9. CommunicationCommunication
 Signal:
 Behavior causes a change in another animals
behavior
 Communication:
 Reception & response of a signal
 Auditory, visual, olfactory(chemical), tactile
signal

10. Bird of paradise

11. HoneybeesHoneybees
 Waggle dance

12. LearningLearning
 Modification of behavior based on experiences
 Non-associative learning:
 Simple
 No association between two stimuli
 Between a stimulus & response

13. Spatial learningSpatial learning
 Memory based on environmental clues
 Digger wasps

14. Cognitive behaviorCognitive behavior
 Ability of the animal’s nervous system to
perceive, store , process
 Use information gathered by sensory receptors

15. Cognitive behaviorCognitive behavior
 Chimpanzee
 Banana
 Bugs

16. Forging BehaviorForging Behavior
 Obtaining food at the least expense
 Energy efficient
 Food vs safety
 Food vs mating
 Food vs protection

17. TerritorialityTerritoriality
 Defends an area
 Usually excludes members of own species.
 Exclusive rights
 Food, mating

18. GannetGannet

19. Sea elephantSea elephant

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