Feeding Behaviour 6

Question 1

What is appetitive and consummatory behaviour?

Answer 1

Appetitive= activity that increases the likelihood of fulfilling a certain need e.g. food searching

Consummatory= response to a stimulus that achieves the satisfaction of fulfilling a need e.g. actual ingestion of food

Question 2

What is the hunger mechanism used in wild animals?

Answer 2

Eat until they don’t feel hungry

Question 3

What is the satiety mechanism in domestic animals?

Answer 3

Avoid their stomachs being so empty that they experience hunger

Question 4

What is the optimal foraging theory?

Answer 4

If a patch of food becomes depleted it is beneficial to move to a different patch

Question 5

How to do animals learn/who from when feeding?

Answer 5

Training and trial and error feeding
Maternal learning
Observational learning through conspecifics

Question 6

What does pica mean?

Answer 6

Abnormal ingestive behaviour of materials not normally food

Question 7

What is conditioned taste aversion?

Answer 7

The pairing of a food with a toxin causing illness

Question 8

What are the effects of domestication on feeding behaviour?

Answer 8

Less feeding time
Competition in a limited space
Can cause stereotypies