Animal behaviour

All animals might not be able to speak, but they certainly have other ways of communicating. How do animals pass on information to their own species, and how do they pick up cues from other members of the animal kingdom?

Imprinting Conditioning Trial & Error Learning Insight Learning A process in which newly hatched birds or newborn mammals learn to follow the first moving object they see Conditioning The process of learning to connect a stimulus with a good or bad outcome Trial & Error Learning A form of conditioning in which an animal learns to perform a behavior more and more successfully Insight Learning The process of learning how to solve a problem or do something new by applying what is already known…

The first study to actually count the number of cortical neurons in the brains of a number of carnivores, including cats and dogs, has found that dogs possess significantly more of them than cats.

What is behaviour? Behaviour refers to the coordinated activities of an animal that are reproduced in response to internal or external stimuli. Individual behaviour = Includes those related to movement or physiological regulation (eg. dogs panting when hot). Social behaviour = Related to interactions with other organisms (eg. bees in a hive). Social behaviours are related to courtship, reproduction and parenting; feeding and defence strategies; and communication within and between groups of…

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A dog’s thorax is the region between the neck and the abdomen. This includes the rib cavity, breastbone and the organs responsible for circulation and respiration. Thorax problems in dogs generally show themselves as an airway or lung disorder.

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