key words

Question 1

Ethology

Answer 1

Science of animal behaviour

Question 2

Ethologist

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person who studies animal behaviour

Question 3

Behaviour

Answer 3

The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to internal or external stimuli.

Question 4

Communication

Answer 4

The act/ process of using sounds, smells, signals or behaviours to exchange information between each other.

Question 5

Ethogram

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A table or catalogue of all the different behaviours or activities that may be observed in an animal.

Question 6

typical behaviour

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Behaviour that is typical for that species/ individual animal.

Question 7

social behaviour

Answer 7

The way in which animals interact with eachother

Question 8

Courtship

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Typically occurs when a female is in heat (oestrus) and secreting pheromones. Behaviour indicates sexual receptivity.

Question 9

Oestrus

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In heat - sexual receptiveness of females. Typical signs: swollen, reddened vulva and mucous discharge, accompanied by courtship behaviour.

Question 10

Territorial behaviour

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establish claim or access to a particular area or patch of land

Question 11

atypical Behaviour

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Behaviour that is not typical for that species/ individual animal.

Question 12

Stereotypical behaviour

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Repetitive actions or movement without a particular goal or aim.

Question 13

Displacement behaviour

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When an animal is torn between two contradictory urges (e.g. curiosity and fear of a new object), or when it is prevented from doing something it really wants to do. Perform seemingly meaningless and unrelated act, e.g. scratching, self-grooming, touching themselves. Can be a signal of stress (not always).

Question 14

Hyperactive behaviour

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hyperkinesis. Symptoms: chasing own tail, spinning around and around, constant movement, short attention span, impulsive, easily distracted, destructive behaviour.
Reasons: environment (

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Excessive inactivity

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Opposite to hyperactivity

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Confinement

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A cause of atypical behaviour

Question 17

Unsuitaable environment

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a caus eof atypical behaviour

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Interspecific

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communication between differnt species of animals rather than within their own

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Intraspecific

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The communication between members of the same species of animals

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Allogrooming

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To clean and maintain the coat/ fur of the animal

Question 21

Darwains theory

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Mechanism for evolution.
Charles Darwin developed the theory of evolution through natural selection in 19th century:
Animals within a species display a range of different heritable characteristics
There is competition for resources which means that some animals in a species will not survive long enough to reproduce
Animals with characteristics that are better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and pass them on to their offspring

Question 22

Reproductive fitness

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The ability for individuals to pass on their gened to the next generations

Question 23

Adaption

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Physical or behavioural changes that help the animal to survive within a particular environment.