Animal Behaviour CrashCourse #25 Video Flashcards
Behaviour is action….
in response to a stimulus
the majority of cats have an insatiable desire for ….
treats
Stimuli of animal behaviour can be ….
internal or external
all behaviour serves….
a purpose
to examine carefully and in detail =
to look closely
behaviour that is weird can also be described as …
far out
animal behaviour helps animals fulfil 4 major functions for their survival:
mate, avoid predators, eat and raise young
natural selection gets rid of animals that engage in unhelpful behavior. In other words it …
weeds them out
Look out for number 1 #
be selfless
The two factors that determine behaviour are …
morphology and physiology
Morphology is the physical structure of an animal or how it is …
built
Physiology is the function of an animal’s morphology or what it is…
built for doing
Cats are built to chase little critters because everything, from their teeth to their digestive system are ….. (designed for eating meat)
geared for eating meat
When you own a cat, you are in charge of cleaning its….
litter box
it’s the use of a trait or the behaviour associated with it that enables its evolution or ….
hones that trait
behaviour can be coded in our genes or…
learned
learned behaviour vs….
innate behaviour
an animal jumps on something to catch it or …
pounces on it
An idiomatic expression that means to have sex=
to knock boots
animal behaviour scientists are called…
ethologists
predator #
prey
an animal hunts its …
prey
foraging is behaviour associated with …
finding and eating food
Lorenz conducted…
experiments
