Social Behaviour

Question 1

What is an example of a complex social hierarchy?

Answer 1

eusociality

Question 2

What is eusociality?

Answer 2

the highest level of organization of sociality

Question 3

What animals live in a dominance or linear hierarchy?

Answer 3

primates
lemurs
chickens

Question 4

What are some examples of altruism?

Answer 4

a female mule deer will defend any fawn that alarm calls regardless of whether or not they are it’s mother

vampire bats will regurgitate blood to feed others, depriving itself of food

lionesses will suckle young lions that are not their own offspring using valuable energy resources

female octopuses care and protect their eggs so much they do not feed themselves and end up sacrificing themselves for their young

any animal that alarm calls to warn others of predators is making itself a target

Question 5

What is courtship?

Answer 5

a behavioural interaction between male and female of a species that results in mating/reproduction

Question 6

What are some examples of animal that exhibit courtship behaviours?

Answer 6

peacocks
birds of paradise
penguins
frogs
whales
seahorses
pufferfish
dower birds