What is an animal?

Question 1

What are the characteristics of an animal in scientific terms?

Answer 1

An animal is:
• Multicellular
• Heterotrophic
• Eukaryotic – nucleus is contained/no cell wall.
• Differentiates early in tissue embryonic layers to form body parts.
• Deuterostomes – anus forms from blastopore, mouth second.

Question 2

Who is responsible for overseeing and enforcing the Animal Welfare Act 1999?

Answer 2

The Police, MPI and SPCA jointly enforce.

Question 3

What are animals under the AWA 1999?

Answer 3

• Mammals,
• Fish,
• Birds,
• Reptiles,
• Amphibians
• Octopus, Crayfish, crab, lobster…
• NOT HUMANS

Question 4

What happens if you want to research, test or teach on animals?

Answer 4

You have to get permission from the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee.

Question 5

What % of animals have backbones?

Answer 5

Only 3.7% of all life on earth are animals with backbones. Insects are the largest kingdom.

Question 6

What are the two types of behaviour?

Answer 6

Individual behaviour – consists of a series of movements generated from the CNS in response to a stimulus.
Collective behaviour – Sum of behaviours in response to external and internal stimulus.

Question 7

What are some examples of behaviours?

Answer 7

Various Groups Move Every Fri Day Monthly
•	Verbal
•	Grooming
•	Movement
•	Exploring
•	Feed choice
•	Defence
•	Mate Choice

Question 8

The study of behaviour is affected by…?

Answer 8

• Temperature
• Observer
• Sexual Selection
• Genetics
• Recording
• Statistical analysis